Shakespeare and Brecht
a practical guide for actors, directors, students and teachers
$32.01
- Paperback
192 pages
- Release Date
26 November 2025
Summary
Shakespeare and Brecht: A Director’s Guide to Bridging the Bard and the Revolutionary
This practical guide uncovers the roots of Brecht’s lifelong obsession with Shakespeare and makes the case for reading the two together today. By connecting these two great playwrights, Stephen Unwin imagines new possibilities for Brechtian productions of Shakespeare and outlines practical suggestions for how to stage such productions.
Drawing on directing and performance e…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781350419612 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1350419613 |
| Series: | Arden Performance Companions |
| Author: | Stephen Unwin |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | The Arden Shakespeare |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 26 November 2025 |
| Weight: | 454g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 138mm |
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About The Author
Stephen Unwin
Stephen Unwin is a theatre and opera director who founded the English Touring Theatre in 1993 and opened the Rose Theatre, Kingston in 2008. He has staged over sixty professional productions, ten of which were plays by Shakespeare and three by Brecht.
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