The Swords of Shakespeare

<p> <I>Romeo and Juliet Macbeth Richard III</I> and many other Shakespeare plays have at least one thing in common: fight scenes usually with swords.</p><p> This book is a step-by-step guide to choreographing stage combat scenes particularly the principal duels (both comic and tragic) in <I>Henry IV Henry VI Richard III Romeo and Juliet Hamlet Troilus and Cressida Othello King Lear Macbeth Coriolanus Cymbeline</I> and <I>The Two Noble Kinsmen</I>.</p><p> The safety and training of actors is also covered as well as a brief history of Elizabethan swordplay. The work includes 473 illustrations.</p>