Contents

Dedication

Foreword by Nicholas Hytner

Introduction

Acknowledgements

1. Roger Allam on Falstaff

2. Eileen Atkins on Viola

3. Simon Russell Beale on Cassius

4. Chiwetel Ejiofor on Othello

5. Sara Kestelman on Hippolyta and Titania

6. Ian McKellen on King Lear

7. Michael Pennington on Timon

8. Alan Rickman on Jaques

9. Fiona Shaw on Katherine

10. Patrick Stewart on Shylock

11. Harriet Walter on Imogen

12. Zoë Wanamaker on Beatrice

Synopses of the Plays

About the Author

Other Titles in the Series

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