Feydeau: Plays 1
Chronology Introduction Kenneth McLeish
Methuen
Euripides: Plays 6
Editor’s Introduction J. Michael Walton Translators’ Introduction Frederic Raphael and Kenneth McLeish
Euripides: Plays 5
Editor’s Introduction J. Michael Walton Translator’s Introduction Kenneth McLeish
Euripides: Plays 4
All three plays were performed together at the Gate Theatre in 1995 as Agamemnon’s Children Editor’s Introduction J. Michael Walton Translator’s Introduction Kenneth McLeish Appendix: Revised speeches for Agamemnon’s Children
Ben Elton: Plays 1
A Chronology Introduction Ben Elton
David Edgar: Plays 3
Chronology Introduction David Edgar
David Edgar: Plays 2
Chronology Introduction David Edgar
Caryl Churchill: Plays 2
Caryl Churchill: A Chronology Introduction Caryl Churchill
Caryl Churchill: Plays 1
Caryl Churchill: A chronology Introduction Caryl Churchill
Chekhov: Plays
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov: A Chronology Introduction Michael Frayn A Note on the Translation The Pronunciation of the Names
The Imperial Theme
Prefatory Note
Playing Shakespeare
Foreword Trevor Nunn Preface Part One: Objective Things The Two Traditions: Elizabethan and Modern Acting Using the Verse: Heightened and Naturalistic Verse Language and Character: Making the Words One’s Own Using the Prose: Why does Shakespeare use Prose? Set Speeches and Soliloquies: Taking the Audience with You Using the Sonnets: Going over Some Old Ground …
Shakespeare Our Contemporary
Preface Peter Brook