A Midsummer Night's Dream: A User's Guide
Description
An intensely practical account of how A Midsummer Night's Dream actually works on stage.
A scene-by-scene guide to Shakespeare's best loved comedy, from the well-know actor Michael Pennington, drawing on his own experience of directing A Midsummer Night's Dream at the famous Open Air Theatre in Regent's Park, London, in 2003 - described by London critics as 'a captivating Shakespearian experience' ( Guardian) and 'riotously funny and genuinely touching' ( Telegraph).
Praise for Michael Pennington's User's Guides:
'An insider's guide par excellence' Simon Callow
'
He is sharply intelligent, scrupulously careful, hugely knowledgeable and, above all, wonderfully readable'
Peter Holland, The Shakespeare Institute
'It is his range of knowledge - along with a gift for writing clearly and memorably - that makes him such a fine guide'
TLS
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Michael Pennington has played a variety of leading roles in the West End, for the Royal Shakespeare Company, for the National Theatre and for the English Shakespeare Company, of which he was co-founder and joint Artistic Director from 1986-1992. He has also directed several productions of Shakespeare's plays, including Twelfth Night and A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Contents
- Introduction
- One
- Two
- Three
- Four
- Five
- Interval Music
- Six
- Seven
- Eight
- Nine
- Conclusion
- About the Author
- Copyright
