Shakespeare on Stage: Thirteen Leading Actors on Thirteen Key Roles

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Cover; Title page; Contents; Dedication; Foreword by Trevor Nunn; Introduction and Acknowledgements; 1. Brian Cox on Titus Andronicus; 2. Judi Dench on Juliet; 3. Ralph Fiennes on Coriolanus; 4. Rebecca Hall on Rosalind; 5. Derek Jacobi on Malvolio; 6. Jude Law on Hamlet; 7. Adrian Lester on Henry V; 8. Ian McKellen on Macbeth; 9. Helen Mirren on Cleopatra; 10. Tim Pigott-Smith on Leontes; 11. Kevin Spacey on Richard II; 12. Patrick Stewart on Prospero; 13. Penelope Wilton on Isabella; Synopses of the Plays; About the Author; Copyright Information.;Thirteen leading actors take us behind the scenes, each recreating in detail a memorable performance in one of Shakespeare's major roles. Brian Cox on Titus Andronicus in Deborah Warner's visceral RSC production Judi Dench on being directed by Franco Zeffirelli as a twenty-three-year-old Juliet Ralph Fiennes on Shakespeare's least sympathetic hero Coriolanus Rebecca Hall on Rosalind in As You Like It, directed by her father, Sir Peter Derek Jacobi on his hilariously poker-backed Malvolio for Michael Grandage Jude Law on his Ham.