Modern Hamlets and Their Soliloquies (Studies in Theatre History and Culture)

In Modern Hamlets and Their Soliloquies (Iowa, 1992), Mary Maher examined how modern actors have chosen to perform Hamlet's soliloquies, and why they made the choices they made, within the context of their specific productions of the play. Adding to original interviews with, among others, Derek Jacobi, David Warner, Kevin Kline, and Ben Kingsley, Modern Hamlets and Their Soliloquies: An Expanded Edition offers two new and insightful interviews, one with Kenneth Branagh, focusing on his 1997 film production of the play, and one with Simon Russell Beale, discussing his 2000-2001 run as Hamlet at the Royal National Theatre. cover......Page 1 本地磁盘......Page 0 01de065c1a0ba90913ffaff9ba6432d2.jpg......Page 2 056ec10c0282d9b2de6c58881c3dbcee.jpg......Page 3 1927ed9d5da44dc444c4a41837725f72.jpg......Page 4 1d5fb56e54edc05334b289ba296cb2cf.gif......Page 5 430a81dbf06c864fad744ab315ccd94b.jpg......Page 6 47fa2ac37ccb332eb8a49c3b5d589cc9.jpg......Page 7 73a3a88ee8d5cf69d7f56133a2677952.jpg......Page 8 76f715cb4005867590a128bfe344f900.jpg......Page 9 81492c012bd46c1e9c4d96817da70d66.jpg......Page 10 8d6d94d2b212c3dac97595f7a4f11a2e.jpg......Page 11 a7a03cd7dab977cb8c10e46963036e14.jpg......Page 12 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Dreamed of by aspiring actors, memorized by schoolchildren, and coopted by Madison Avenue sloganeers, these best-known and most repeated lines from Shakespeare's oeuvre have been the inspiration for numerous critical studies on the soliloquy. Now, for the first time, Maher's Modern Hamlets and Their Soliloquies takes a performance point of view in examining the challenges and problems of delivering the soliloquies in Hamlet."--BOOK JACKET. "Modern Hamlets offers a detailed record of how various twentieth-century English and American actors, beginning with John Gielgud in 1936 and ending with Kevin Kline in 1990, have dealt with these challenges. At the heart of this fascinating study is a series of eclectic and provocative interviews with Kline, Derek Jacobi, Ben Kingsley, David Warner, Anton Lesser, David Rintoul, and Randall Duk Kim. Maher also worked closely with Gielgud and Alec Guinness to offer chapters on their presentations and has included a discussion of filmed Hamlet performances with attention to the work of Laurence Olivier and Richard Burton. Maher describes each actor's mode of performance and explores the factors that influenced each actor's performance choices within specific production contexts."--BOOK JACKET. "No one knows how Richard Burbage, the actor for whom Shakespeare created Hamlet, performed it - but here is an inside look at how modern Hamlets have approached performance options and forged unique readings of the part. The interplay of these interpretations and the similarities and differences among the actors both challenges much of the received wisdom about soliloquies and provides an absorbing new look at what Olivier called "pound for pound the greatest play ever written." Modern Hamlets should be required reading for all those who would read, watch, or perform Hamlet and for all those fascinated by theatre and the performance arts."--BOOK JACKET Annotation. The Shakespearean soliloquy has always fascinated scholars, readers, and theatregoers, and none is more famous than those found in Hamlet. Dreamed of by aspiring actors, memorized by schoolchildren, and coopted by Madison Avenue sloganeers, these best-known and most repeated lines from Shakespeare's oeuvre have been the inspiration for numerous critical studies on the soliloquy. Now, for the first time, Maher's Modern Hamlets and Their Soliloquies takes a performance point of view in examining the challenges and problems of delivering the soliloquies in Hamlet. Modern Hamlets offers a detailed record of how various twentieth-century English and American actors, beginning with John Gielgud in 1936 and ending with Kevin Kline in 1990, have dealt with these challenges. At the heart of this fascinating study is a series of eclectic and provocative interviews with Kline, Derek Jacobi, Ben Kingsley, David Warner, Anton Lesser, David Rintoul, and Randall Duk Kim. Maher also worked closely with Gielgud and Alec Guinness to offer chapters on their presentations and has included a discussion of filmed Hamlet performances with attention to the work of Laurence Olivier and Richard Burton. Maher describes each actor's mode of performance and explores the factors that influenced each actor's performance choices within specific production contexts. No one knows how Richard Burbage, the actor for whom Shakespeare created Hamlet, performed it - but here is an inside look at how modern Hamlets have approached performance options and forged unique readings of the part. The interplay of these interpretations and the similarities and differences among the actors both challenges much of the received wisdomabout soliloquies and provides an absorbing new look at what Olivier called "pound for pound the greatest play ever written". Modern Hamlets should be required reading for all those who would read, watch, or perform Hamlet and for all those fascinated by theatre and the performance arts The Shakespearean soliloquy, though it has always fascinated scholars and engendered much historical and literary commentary, has not until now been studied from a performance point of view. In this book Mary Maher examines how modern actors have chosen to perform the seven soliloquies in Hamlet, and why they made the choices they made, against the backdrop of their specific productions of the play. At its heart is a series of eclectic and provocative interviews with, among others, Derek Jacobi, David Warner, Kevin Kline, and Ben Kingsley; the performances considered include those of Olivier, Gielgud, Burton, and Guinness. This multitude of powerful voices brings out fascinating parallels and divergences among different actors and illustrates the many personal and creative touches with which gifted players can enrich a character. Modern Hamlets and Their Soliloquies will instruct and delight actors, readers, lovers of Shakespeare, and all those who enjoy the grand passions and the smallest and most perfect nuances that make great drama.

In Modern Hamlets and Their Soliloquies (Iowa, 1992), Mary Maher examined how modern actors have chosen to perform Hamlet's soliloquies, and why they made the choices they made, within the context of their specific productions of the play.

Adding to original interviews with, among others, Derek Jacobi, David Warner, Kevin Kline, and Ben Kingsley, Modern Hamlets and Their Soliloquies: An Expanded Edition offers two new and insightful interviews, one with Kenneth Branagh, focusing on his 1997 film production of the play, and one with Simon Russell Beale, discussing his 2000-2001 run as Hamlet at the Royal National Theatre.

In Modern Hamlets and Their Soliloquies (Iowa, 1992), Mary Maher examined how modern actors have chosen to perform Hamlet & rsquo;s soliloquies, and why they made the choices they made, within the context of their specific productions of the play. Adding to original interviews with, among others, Derek Jacobi, David Warner, Kevin Kline, and Ben Kingsley, Modern Hamlets and Their Soliloquies: An Expanded Edition offers two new and insightful interviews, one with Kenneth Branagh, focusing on his 1997 film production of the play, and one with Simon Russell Beale, discussing his 2000-2001 run a. Acknowledgments; Foreword; Introduction; Hamlet's Soliloquies; 1. The Glass of Fashion; 2. The Mould of Form; 3. The Rogue and Peasant Slave; 4. In My Mind's Eye; 5. The Courtier, Soldier, Scholar; 6. A Noble Mind; 7. Th' Observ'd of All Observers; 8. Sir, a Whole History; 9. In Action How Like an Angel; 10. Speak, I Am Bound to Hear; 11. The Motive and the Cue for Passion; Notes.