audiobook Miguel Aacute;ngel. El pintor de la Sixtina (Spanish Edition) by Mariacute;a Aacute;ngeles Vitoria Segura in Arts-Photography

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Thirteen leading actors take us behind the scenes; each recreating in detail a memorable performance in one of Shakespeares major roles. Brian Cox on Titus Andronicus in Deborah Warners visceral RSC production Judi Dench on being directed by Franco Zeffirelli as a twenty-three-year-old Juliet Ralph Fiennes on Shakespeares 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 Hamlet; a palpable hit in the West End and on Broadway Adrian Lester on a modern-dress Henry V at the National; during the invasion of Iraq Ian McKellen on his Macbeth; opposite Judi Dench in Trevor Nunns RSC production Helen Mirren on a role she was born for; and has played three times: Cleopatra Tim Pigott-Smith on Leontes in Peter Halls Restoration Winters Tale at the National Kevin Spacey on his high-tech; modern-dress Richard II Patrick Stewart on Prospero in Rupert Goolds arctic Tempest for the RSC Penelope Wilton on Isabella in Jonathan Millers chamber Measure for Measure The actors discuss their characters; working through the play scene by scene; with refreshing candour and in forensic detail. The result is a masterclass on playing each role; invaluable for other actors and directors; as well as students of Shakespeare - and fascinating for audiences of the plays. Together; the interviews give one of the most comprehensive pictures yet of these characters in performance; and of the choices that these great actors have made in bringing them thrillingly to life. Each interview is also available as an individual ebook as part of the Shakespeare on Stage series. These passages of times remembered contribute vividly to the sense of a teemingly creative period when Shakespeare seemed to have been rediscovered. Trevor Nunn; from his Foreword absorbing and original... Currys actors are often thinking and talking as that other professional performer; Shakespeare himself; might have done TLS