William Shakespeare

'...very interesting to find a text dealing with Shakespeare 'as a writer for performance' and how 'he' deals with some of the practical difficulties of play-making. A useful text for creating writing students working on scripts.' - John Marland, University College of Ripon & York St John

Written for performance, Shakespeare's plays are very different texts from any intended for a reader with book in hand and they require a different kind of attention.Written for performance, Shakespeare's plays are very different texts from any intended for a reader with book in hand and they require a different kind of attention. John Russell Brown's latest book attempts a description of Shakespeare's distinctive practice as a writer for the stage and, in doing so, suggests ways of responding to the plays which bring them alive in the mind as if in performance. It is a book for use, to quicken both eye and ear while reading the texts and to enliven almost any critical debate.