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This book examines the work of acclaimed director Tina Packer, founder of Shakespeare & Company, whose ground-breaking approach to performing Shakespeare has made her company among the most vibrant and enduring Shakespeare theatres in America.

Tina Packer directed her first Shakespeare play at London Academy for Music and Dramatic Art in 1971. More than 50 years later she continues to direct and teach at Shakespeare & Company, which she founded in Lenox, Massachusetts in 1978. Drawing on new interviews with the original casts and creative teams as well as Tina Packer herself, this book is the first comprehensive analysis of all of her professional Shakespeare productions in their cultural and historical context.

Over a career that spans 5 decades, Packer has directed or acted in virtually all of Shakespeare''s plays, along with many other classical and contemporary works. As artistic director she guided her company through times of expansion as well as belt-ti

Shakespeare in the Theatre Tina Packer

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    Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
    Publication Date: 7/11/2024
    ISBN13: 9781350205710, 978-1350205710
    ISBN10: 1350205710

    Non Fiction , Art & Photography

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    This book examines the work of acclaimed director Tina Packer, founder of Shakespeare & Company, whose ground-breaking approach to performing Shakespeare has made her company among the most vibrant and enduring Shakespeare theatres in America.

    Tina Packer directed her first Shakespeare play at London Academy for Music and Dramatic Art in 1971. More than 50 years later she continues to direct and teach at Shakespeare & Company, which she founded in Lenox, Massachusetts in 1978. Drawing on new interviews with the original casts and creative teams as well as Tina Packer herself, this book is the first comprehensive analysis of all of her professional Shakespeare productions in their cultural and historical context.

    Over a career that spans 5 decades, Packer has directed or acted in virtually all of Shakespeare''s plays, along with many other classical and contemporary works. As artistic director she guided her company through times of expansion as well as belt-ti

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