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One of the finest books I have ever read on the process of acting. Time Out
The most exciting actor of his generation and an eloquent writer on the side. Observer
This is a most wonderfully authentic account of the experience of creating a performance. Sunday Times
A brilliant compulsive account. Guardian
It is very funny... The drawings are miraculous too. Is there no end to the man's talent, damn him? --Evening Standard
The most exciting actor of his generation and an eloquent writer on the side. Observer
This is a most wonderfully authentic account of the experience of creating a performance. Sunday Times
A brilliant compulsive account. Guardian
It is very funny... The drawings are miraculous too. Is there no end to the man's talent, damn him? --Evening Standard
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A classic of theatre writing, a unique insight into the creation of a landmark Shakespearian performance.
Antony Sher's stunning performance for the RSC as Richard III on crutches - the so-called 'bottled spider' - won him both the Laurence Olivier and Evening Standard Awards for Best Actor. This book records - in the actor's own words and drawings - the making of this historic theatrical event.
This new edition was published on the twentieth anniversary of the premiere. It includes a new introduction in which Sher looks back somewhat bemusedly at how much has happened to him and to the world in the intervening years.
Antony Sher's stunning performance for the RSC as Richard III on crutches - the so-called 'bottled spider' - won him both the Laurence Olivier and Evening Standard Awards for Best Actor. This book records - in the actor's own words and drawings - the making of this historic theatrical event.
This new edition was published on the twentieth anniversary of the premiere. It includes a new introduction in which Sher looks back somewhat bemusedly at how much has happened to him and to the world in the intervening years.
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Format:Paperback
This is a fantastic book for actors who really want to know how to approach a character. Such a talented actor and author who describes the brilliance of processing a difficult characters, like Richard 3rd. I recommend this book to any actor out there who needs help and guidance on how to research and make a character truthful.
Format:Paperback
It describes the experience of an southafrican actor in the creation of his first main role in a Shakespeare's play (Richard III) in the prestigious Royal Shakespeare Company. Actors will feel identified with everything is in this diary: the readings, the rehearsals, the endless chats with director and partners, the atmosphere of a theatre backstage, the phisical and psichological investigation on the character, the insights, the blending between personal life and work, the problems with the verse, the selfdoubt and angish before the opening... in brief, the delightful obsession that grips you in a deep creative process. Really inspiring, Tony Sher writes very well and draws better (the book is full of his illustrations)... Made me love theatre even more.
Format:Paperback
This book was the start of an obsession for me. It set me on the path to directing a production of Richard III as well as reading all I can about Antony Sher, Shakespeare in performance and the real history of the Wars of the Roses.
Sher is not perhaps as brutally honest about what he was going through during this particular year in his life as he was later to reveal in his other writings - but it is still an exemplary book about the process of reinterpreting a classic role and all the stresses involved or working for one of our national companies.
I would say this is a must read for anyone with a passing interest in Shakespeare and acting. Certainly it ought to be on the reading list for anyone considering drama school.
I am not exaggerating when I say that I have re-read this particular book more than a dozen times.
As I said, an obsession...
Sher is not perhaps as brutally honest about what he was going through during this particular year in his life as he was later to reveal in his other writings - but it is still an exemplary book about the process of reinterpreting a classic role and all the stresses involved or working for one of our national companies.
I would say this is a must read for anyone with a passing interest in Shakespeare and acting. Certainly it ought to be on the reading list for anyone considering drama school.
I am not exaggerating when I say that I have re-read this particular book more than a dozen times.
As I said, an obsession...
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