| Portion of title |
Twenty thousand hours with Shakespeare |
| Parallel title |
20,000 hours with Shakespeare |
| Contents |
1. The Rose of youth -- Sweet William -- Poor inches of nature -- William Page -- Moth -- Arthur -- Marina -- Perdita and Mamillius -- 2. The Only Shake-scene -- John Shakespeare -- Marriage and flight -- A motley to the view -- London -- The two gentlemen of Verona -- The comedy of errors -- An upstart crow -- Henry VI -- The rose -- 3. Myself alone -- The soloists -- Richard III -- King John -- 4. The tide of blood -- Henry IV part one -- Henry IV part two -- Henry V -- 5. Love, love, nothing but love, sweet love -- Fools for love -- Love's labour's lost -- The merchant of Venice -- The taming of the shrew -- Much ado about nothing -- Romeo and Juliet -- A midsummer night's dream -- Interval: the state we're in (part one) -- |
| Contents |
6. The great Globe itself -- Hong Kong -- The Globe -- Hamlet -- As you like it -- Measure for measure -- Julius Caesar -- The merry wives of Windsor -- Othello -- 7. The time's plague -- The wisest fool in Christendom -- Macbeth -- Timon of Athens -- King Lear -- 8. Your actions are my dreams -- The conscience of the king -- The winter's tale -- Cymbeline -- 9. Love is merely a madness -- Antony and Cleopatra -- Helena -- Troilus and Cressida -- Coriolanus -- 10. Let's bear us like the time -- Ice and fire -- The tempest -- Henry VIII -- The two noble kinsmen -- The end of all -- Conclusion: the state we're in (part two). |
| Abstract |
Michael Pennington's solo show about Shakespeare, Sweet William, has been acclaimed throughout Europe and in the US as a unique blend of showmanship and scholarship. In this book, he deepens his exploration of Shakespeare's life and work - and the connection between the two - that lies at its heart. It is illuminated throughout by the unrivalled insights into the plays that Pennington has gained from the twenty thousand hours he has spent working on them as a leading actor, an artistic director and a director - and as the author of three previous books on individual Shakespeare plays. |
| General note | Includes index. |
| LCCN | 2012494234 |
| ISBN | 9781854595683 |
| ISBN | 1854595687 |
