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Shakespeare

This section contains books about Shakespeare and his work. For plays by Shakespeare, see Shakespeare & Contemporaries and the Shakespeare Folios series.

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Preface to Romeo and Juliet

Preface to Romeo and Juliet

By Harley Granville Barker

The classic - and most practical - guide to Shakespeare’s major plays, available in separate, pocket-format volumes for use in study or rehearsal room. With a foreword by Richard Eyre.

Preface to Love's Labour's Lost

Preface to Love's Labour's Lost

By Harley Granville Barker

The classic - and most practical - guide to Shakespeare’s major plays, available in separate, pocket-format volumes for use in study or rehearsal room. With a foreword by Richard Eyre.

Preface to Julius Caesar

Preface to Julius Caesar

By Harley Granville Barker

The classic - and most practical - guide to Shakespeare’s major plays, available in separate, pocket-format volumes for use in study or rehearsal room. With a foreword by Richard Eyre.

Preface to King Lear

Preface to King Lear

By Harley Granville Barker

Unrivalled practical insights into the play from one of the most influential actors and directors of Shakespeare of all time. With a foreword by Richard Eyre.

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Preface to Macbeth

Preface to Macbeth

By Harley Granville Barker

Unrivalled practical insights into the play from one of the most influential actors and directors of Shakespeare of all time. With a foreword by Richard Eyre.

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Preface to Othello

Preface to Othello

By Harley Granville Barker

The classic - and most practical - guide to Shakespeare’s major plays, available in separate, pocket-format volumes for use in study or rehearsal room. With a foreword by Richard Eyre.

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Preface to Coriolanus

Preface to Coriolanus

By Harley Granville Barker

Unrivalled practical insights into the play from one of the most influential actors and directors of Shakespeare of all time. With a foreword by Richard Eyre.

Hamlet: A User's Guide

Hamlet: A User's Guide

By Michael Pennington

An intensely practical account of the way Hamlet actually works on stage, by an acclaimed actor and director.

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Hamlet In Pieces

Hamlet In Pieces

Shakespeare Reworked by Peter Brook, Robert Lepage, Robert Wilson

By Andy Lavender

A casebook study of three extraordinary productions of Hamlet by three giants of modern theatre: Peter Brook, Robert Lepage and Robert Wilson.

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Evoking (and forgetting!) Shakespeare

Evoking (and forgetting!) Shakespeare

By Peter Brook

Renowned theatre director Peter Brook on the essential questions facing anyone performing Shakespeare today.

Preface to Hamlet

Preface to Hamlet

By Harley Granville Barker

The best known - and longest - of Harley Granville Barker's celebrated Prefaces to Shakespeare: some of the best practical guides to Shakespeare's work yet written. With a foreword by Richard Eyre.

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Year of the King

Year of the King

By Antony Sher

A classic of theatre writing, a unique insight into the creation of a landmark Shakespearian performance.

Preface to Antony and Cleopatra

Preface to Antony and Cleopatra

By Harley Granville Barker

Unrivalled practical insights into the play from one of the most influential actors and directors of Shakespeare of all time. With a foreword by Richard Eyre.

Preface to Cymbeline

Preface to Cymbeline

By Harley Granville Barker

Unrivalled practical insights into the play from one of the most influential actors and directors of Shakespeare of all time.

Performing Shakespeare

Performing Shakespeare

Preparation, Rehearsal, Performance

By Oliver Ford Davies

An authoritative, hands-on guide through the practical challenges involved in performing Shakespeare.

Prefaces to A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Winter's Tale & Twelfth Night

Prefaces to A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Winter's Tale & Twelfth Night

By Harley Granville Barker

Unrivalled practical insights from one of the most influential actors and directors of Shakespeare of all time. With a foreword by Richard Eyre.

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Preface to The Merchant of Venice

Preface to The Merchant of Venice

By Harley Granville Barker

Unrivalled practical insights from one of the most influential actors and directors of Shakespeare of all time. With a foreword by Richard Eyre.

Shakespeare Monologues for Women

Shakespeare Monologues for Women

By Luke Dixon

Fifty monologues for women drawn from across the Shakespeare canon, all prefaced with a summary of the vital information you need to place the piece in context and to perform it to maximum effect in your own unique way.

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