English Drama - 16th-17th Century - Elizabethan & Jacobean Eras - Shakespeare - Literary Criticism, Great Britain - Theater - History & Criticism, Acting & Auditioning, Theater - Direction & Production

Playing Lear

Name: Playing Lear
Author: Oliver Ford Davies
ISBN: 9781854596987

by Oliver Ford Davies

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Overview

The book is both an in-depth analysis of the play, in which Davies looks at the many possible interpretations of both play and character, and a rehearsal diary in which we see the author’s personal journey through the role, from when he played Lear for the Almeida Theatre in 2002.