Tato série se ponoří do života a práce herců, kteří zasvětili svou kariéru mistrovským dílům Williama Shakespeara. Prozkoumává jejich interpretace slavných rolí, herecké metody a výzvy, kterým čelili na jevišti i mimo něj. Odhaluje hluboké pouto mezi herci a postavami, které oživují, a nabízí pohled do světa divadelního umění a nadčasové síly shakespearovské dramatiky.
In 1964, at the age of thirty-three, James Earl Jones won an Obie award for his portrayal of Othello in Joseph Papp's production in Central Park, New York. He brings his vast wealth of experience to this book and articulates the themes and issues in the play, looking at the personal and universal significance of the drama. schovat popis
Vanessa Redgrave, an iconoclastic actor equally adept in classic or modern roles for stage or screen, has played in and directed Antony and Cleopatra a number of times since 1973, both in the UK and the USA.