Reading Actors on Shakespeare
Jan. 17th, 2025 07:25 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
qos I finally started reading Judi Dench's "Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent."
It's always such a pleasure to explore Shakespeare with the great British actors. Every time I read something like this I want to run off and try to join the RSC. Or find a local production. Or take a class. Something to immerse myself more deeply in the plays in more than an isolated, intellectual way.
This book is a dialogue, and Dench effortlessly glides between discussing how Shakespeare's verse provides direction to the actors, how she approached the roles, tells stories about rehearsals and performances, and clearly is having a wonderful time reflecting on a glorious - and fun - career. I'm only 18% in, and I want to call in sick to work and spend the rest of the day reading.
Of course, I frequently want to do that. . .
I need a Shakespare icon. Currently my only theater-related icon is of Charlie Brown with a megaphone that says "Director." Which doesn't work on a post like this.
It's always such a pleasure to explore Shakespeare with the great British actors. Every time I read something like this I want to run off and try to join the RSC. Or find a local production. Or take a class. Something to immerse myself more deeply in the plays in more than an isolated, intellectual way.
This book is a dialogue, and Dench effortlessly glides between discussing how Shakespeare's verse provides direction to the actors, how she approached the roles, tells stories about rehearsals and performances, and clearly is having a wonderful time reflecting on a glorious - and fun - career. I'm only 18% in, and I want to call in sick to work and spend the rest of the day reading.
Of course, I frequently want to do that. . .
I need a Shakespare icon. Currently my only theater-related icon is of Charlie Brown with a megaphone that says "Director." Which doesn't work on a post like this.
