Tim Pigott-Smith on Leontes (Shakespeare on Stage)

By Tim Pigott-Smith

In each volume of the Shakespeare on Stage series, a leading actor takes us behind the scenes, recreating in detail a memorable performance in one of Shakespeare's major roles. They discuss their character, working through the play scene by scene, with refreshing candour and in forensic detail. The result is a masterclass on playing the role, invaluable for other actors and directors, as well as students of Shakespeare - and fascinating for audiences of the play.
In this volume, Tim Pigott-Smith discusses playing Leontes in Sir Peter Hall's production ofThe Winter's Tale at the National Theatre in 1988.
This interview, together with the others in the series (with actors such as Judi Dench, Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart), is also available in the collection Shakespeare on Stage: Thirteen Leading Actors on Thirteen Key Roles by Julian Curry, with a foreword by Trevor Nunn.
'absorbing and original... Curry's actors are often thinking and talking as that other professional performer, Shakespeare himself, might have done' TLS

• Language: English
• Publisher: Nick Hern Books
• Release date: May 23, 2013
• ISBN: 9781780012063

Tim Pigott-Smith

Tim Pigott-Smith OBE was a British actor who trained at the Bristol Old Vic before beginning a career in theatre, television and film including King Lear, King Charles III, The Jewel in the Crown, Enron, Pygmalion, Sherlock Holmes, The Chief, Miranda, Escape to Victory, Quantum of Solace, Clash of the Titans and V for Vendetta. He died in April 2017, shortly before the publication of his memoir Do You Know Who I Am?

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