Rough Magic: Making Theatre at the Royal Shakespeare Company PDF
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Rough Magic Rough Magic Making Theatre at the Royal Shakespeare Company Steven Adler With a Foreword by Chris Parry Southern Illinois University Press Carbondale and Edwardsville Copyright © by the Board of Trustees, Southern Illinois University All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Adler, Steven, – Rough magic : making theatre at the Royal Shakespeare Company / Steven Adler ; with a foreword by Chris Parry. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. . Royal Shakespeare Company. I. Title. PN.S R '.'—dc ISBN --- (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN ---X (paper : alk. paper) - The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of Ameri- can National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z.-. ∞ For Nora, my everything Contents List of Illustrations ix Foreword xi Preface xv Acknowledgments xix . Introduction . Stratford-upon-Avon . London . The Season . Touring . Administration . Finances . Education and Marketing . The Production Process . Acting at the RSC . Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index Illustrations Following page Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon Forestage and auditorium of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre Stage and auditorium of the Swan Theatre Silk Street entrance to the Barbican Centre, London Lobby of the Barbican Centre Interior of the Barbican Theatre Interior of the Pit Regional touring production of Henry VI: The Battle for the Throne Regional touring production of The Comedy of Errors Antigones Project, Cornwall Robert Jones’s sets and costumes for Henry VIII Robert Jones’s sets and costumes for The Winter’s Tale (act ) Robert Jones’s sets and costumes for The Winter’s Tale (act ) Chris Parry’s lighting for Les Liaisons Dangereuses Chris Parry’s lighting for The Plantagenets Following page Simon Russell Beale and Jane Lapotaire in Ghosts Simon Russell Beale and Alec McCowen in The Tempest Simon Russell Beale, David Bradley, and Robert Stephens in King Lear Kate Duchêne in The Country Wife
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