EXPLORING SHAKESPEARE
by Bill Alexander
Published by NHB
Many directors have shared their rehearsal room experience as a way of providing insights into theatre and Bill Alexander’s contribution to the genre is warmly welcome. He worked for many years with RSC and Birmingham Rep and directed some famous productions such as Richard III (1984) in which Antony Sher won the Olivier award for best actor.
I remember, for example, his A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1986) in which the giant set created the impression that all characters were fairy-sized. I quite liked it at the time although Alexander tells us in this book that he now regards it