Shakespeare's Theatre

<p>Reviews of the First Edition<br><strong>`...valuable and enjoyable reading for all studying Shakespeare's plays.'</strong><br><strong>Following in the patternestablished by John Russell Brown for the excellent series (Theatre and Production Studies) he provides first an account of Shakespeare's company then a study of three individual plays <em>Twelfth Night Hamlet</em></strong> and <em>Macbeth</em> as performed by the company. Peter Thomson writes in a crisp sharp enlivening style.' TLS<br><strong>'`...the best analysis yet of Elizabethan acting practices excavated form the texts themselves rather than reconstructed on basis of one monolithic theory and an essay on <em>Hamlet</em></strong> that is a model of Critical intelligence and theatrical invention.' Yearbook of English Studies<br><strong>`Synthesizes the important facts and summarizes projects with a vigorous prose style and expertly applies his experience in both practical drama and academic teaching to his discussion.'</strong> Review of English Studies</p>