Adrian Lester on Henry V
Ebook, 30 pages ISBN: 9781780012032Publication Date:
23 May 2013
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Adrian Lester on Henry V

Performing Shakespeare

By Adrian Lester and Julian Curry

Ebook £3.99£3.19

Adrian Lester discusses playing Henry V. Taken from Shakespeare On Stage: Thirteen Leading Actors on Thirteen Key Roles.

In each volume of the Shakespeare On Stage series, a leading actor takes us behind the scenes, recreating in detail a memorable performance in one of Shakespeare’s major roles. They discuss their character, working through the play scene by scene, with refreshing candour and in forensic detail. The result is a masterclass on playing the role, invaluable for other actors and directors, as well as students of Shakespeare – and fascinating for audiences of the play.

In this volume, Adrian Lester discusses playing the title role in Henry V in a modern-dress production at the National Theatre, staged during the invasion of Iraq in 2003.

This interview, together with the others in the series (with actors such as Judi Dench, Ian McKellen and Jude Law), is also available in the collection Shakespeare On Stage: Thirteen Leading Actors on Thirteen Key Roles by Julian Curry, with a foreword by Trevor Nunn.

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Ebook,30 pages ISBN: 9781780012032Publication Date:
23 May 2013
£3.99 £3.19You save £0.80 (20%)

Also by Julian Curry:

Shakespeare On Stage: Volume 2
Sara Kestelman on Hippolyta and Titania
Shakespeare On Stage
Simon Russell Beale on Cassius
Patrick Stewart on Prospero
Brian Cox on Titus Andronicus
Judi Dench on Juliet
Ian McKellen on Macbeth
Zoë Wanamaker on Beatrice
Michael Pennington on Timon of Athens
Ralph Fiennes on Coriolanus
Harriet Walter on Imogen
Jude Law on Hamlet
Rebecca Hall on Rosalind
Penelope Wilton on Isabella
Roger Allam on Falstaff
Chiwetel Ejiofor on Othello
Tim Pigott-Smith on Leontes
Helen Mirren on Cleopatra
Patrick Stewart on Shylock
Alan Rickman on Jaques
Fiona Shaw on Katherine
Eileen Atkins on Viola
Ian McKellen on King Lear
Derek Jacobi on Malvolio

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