{"product_id":"9781780017440","title":"Playing Lear: An insider's guide from text to performance","description":"\u003cp\u003eA unique insight into Shakespeare's most monumentally complex character - and the play that bears his name - from a highly respected actor and former academic. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe genesis for \u003cem\u003ePlaying Lear\u003c\/em\u003e came when Oliver Ford Davies was asked to play Lear for the Almeida Theatre in 2002. The book is both an in-depth analysis of the play, in which the author looks at the many possible interpretations of both play and character, and a rehearsal diary in which we see the author’s personal journey through the role, starting with his re-examination of the text and culminating in the first night performance and beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePlaying Lear\u003c\/em\u003e comes with 16 pages of production photographs, and is written with great clarity and perception and with all the rigour and authority one would expect from a former academic and drama critic.\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003e‘Of the many books I have read about acting Shakespeare, this is one of the most intelligent and honest' \u003cem\u003eJohn Barton\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e'One of the most moving and intelligent Lears I have ever seen ... such truth, and such clarity, that one feels like cheering' Charles Spencer, \u003cem\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hern, Nick Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47301011374320,"sku":"9781780017440","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781780017440_p0.jpg?v=1763710955","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781780017440","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}