Great Shakespeare Actors
Burbage to Branagh
Stanley Wells
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From time to time, we try to give you a glimpse into our offices around the globe. This week, we are excited to bring you an interview with Scott Morales, a US Stock Planning & Publications Coordinator in New York. Scott has been working at the Oxford University Press since July 2008.
Posted on May 30, 2015
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'All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players.' Over the past 400 years, Shakespeare's plays have been performed across the globe, in productions big and small. Many actors have tried their hand at bringing characters such as Hamlet, Othello, Puck, and Juliet to life. How well do you know some of the great Shakespeare actors and the plays they performed in? Test your knowledge with our quiz below.
Posted on May 21, 2015
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Inspired by Stanley Wells' recent book on Great Shakespeare Actors, we asked Oxford University Pressstaff members to remember a time when a theatrical production of a Shakespeare play shocked them. We discovered that some Shakespeare plays have the ability to surprise even the hardiest of OUP employees. Grab an ice-cream on your way in, take a seat, and enjoy the descriptions of shocking Shakespeare productions.
Posted on April 30, 2015
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The first female Juliet appears to have been Mary Saunderson, to Henry Harris's Romeo in 1662 when her future husband, Thomas Betterton, played Mercutio. Later she acted admirably as Ophelia and Lady Macbeth but nothing I have read characterizes her as great. Elizabeth Barry (c.1658'1713) succeeded her as Betterton's leading lady, excelling in pathetic roles and achieving her greatest successes in the heroic tragedies of her own time.
Posted on April 13, 2015
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Stanley Wells' latest book, Great Shakespeare Actors, offers a series of beautifully written, illuminating, and entertaining accounts of many of the most famous stage performers of Shakespeare from his time to ours. In a video interview, Wells revealed some of the 'lesser' remembered actors of the past he would have loved to have seen perform live on stage. The edited transcript below offers an insight into three of these great Shakespeare actors.
Posted on April 6, 2015
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