Ian McKellen on King Lear (eBook)

Julian Curry, Ian McKellen (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
64 Seiten
Nick Hern Books (Verlag)
978-1-78001-891-1 (ISBN)

Infos

Ian McKellen discusses playing King Lear, in this ebook taken from Shakespeare On Stage: Volume 2 - Twelve Leading Actors on Twelve Key Roles. In each volume of the Shakespeare On Stage series, a leading actor takes us behind the scenes of a landmark Shakespearean production, recreating in detail their memorable performance in a major role. They lead us through the choices they made in rehearsal, and how the character works in performance, shedding new light on some of the most challenging roles in the canon. The result is a series of individual masterclasses that will be invaluable for other actors and directors, as well as students of Shakespeare - and fascinating for audiences of the plays. In this volume, Ian McKellen discusses playing one of Shakespeare's most demanding roles, King Lear, in Trevor Nunn's production for the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2007. This interview, together with the others in the series (with actors such as Alan Rickman, Simon Russell Beale, Patrick Stewart and Harriet Walter), is also available in the collection Shakespeare On Stage: Volume 2 - Twelve Leading Actors on Twelve Key Roles by Julian Curry, with a foreword by Nicholas Hytner.

Ian McKellen is an acclaimed British actor whose career spans genres ranging from Shakespearean and modern theatre to popular fantasy and science fiction. He is internationally known for his work on screen, including in The Lord of the Rings, X-Men and The Da Vinci Code. He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1979, was knighted in 1991 for services to the performing arts, and made a Companion of Honour for services to drama and to equality in 2008.

Autor

Sir Ian McKellen is an English actor who has received over fifty international acting awards during more than half a century on stage and screen. His roles as Magneto in the X-Men films and Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies brought him international recognition. On the stage he has won many Olivier Awards for his performances with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre, including Macbeth (1976-78), Wild Honey (1984), Richard III (1990), as well as his work with Patrick Stewart in Pinter's No Man's Land and Beckett's Waiting for Godot, on Broadway in 2013. In 2009 he was given the award for Outstanding Contribution to British Theatre. Julian Curry is a writer and actor, perhaps best known for playing Claude Erskine-Brown in Rumpole of the Bailey on television. He has appeared in many of Shakespeare's plays, frequently with the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 27.4.2017
• Reihe/Serie: Shakespeare On Stage
• Reihe/Serie: Shakespeare On Stage
• Reihe/Serie: Shakespeare On Stage
• Reihe/Serie: Shakespeare On Stage
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
• Schlagworte: Acting • Actor • actor interviews • Alan Rickman • All's well that ends well • As You Like It • Bard • Beatrice • Broadway • Cassius • character studies • chiwetel ejiofor • Cymbeline • Drama • eileen atkins • Falstaff • fiona shaw • Harriet Walter • Henry IV • Hippolyta • hippolyta and titania • Ian McKellen • Imogen • Jaques • Julius Caesar • Katherine • King Lear • Merchant of Venice • Michael Pennington • National Theatre • Othello • patrick stewart • Performance • PLAYS • roger allam • sara kestelman • Shakespeare • Shylock • simon russell beale • Theatre • The Taming of the Shrew • Timon • Timon of Athens • Viola • west end • zoë wanamaker
• ISBN-10: 1-78001-891-6 / 1780018916
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78001-891-1 / 9781780018911