Royal Shakespeare Company

Overview

Works:	765 works in 1,745 publications in 1 language and 49,148 library holdings
Genres:	Drama History Television adaptations Biography Criticism, interpretation, etc Film adaptations Miscellanea Television plays Poetry Television programs
Roles:	Performer, Originator, Producer, Other, Artist, Actor, Editor
Classifications:	PN1992.77, 791.4572

Publication Timeline

1880 |

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Publications about Royal Shakespeare Company

Publications by Royal Shakespeare Company

Most widely held works about Royal Shakespeare Company

Rough magic making theatre at the Royal Shakespeare Company by Steven Adler ( )
Inside the Royal Shakespeare Company creativity and the institution by Colin Chambers ( )
The Royal Shakespeare Company : a history of ten decades by Sally Beauman ( Book )
Shakespeare in the theatre by Richard David ( Book )
Clamorous voices : Shakespeare's women today by Carol Chillington Rutter ( Book )

The making of A midsummer night's dream : an eye-witness account of Peter Brookś production from first rehearsal to first night by David Selbourne ( Book )
Shakespeare and feminist performance : ideology on stage by Sarah Werner ( Book )
Year of the king by Antony Sher ( Book )
Royal Shakespeare Theatre Company, 1960-1963 by John Goodwin ( Book )
Directions by indirections : John Barton of the Royal Shakespeare Company by Michael L Greenwald ( Book )
The Nicholas Nickleby story : the making of the historic Royal Shakespeare Company production by Leon Rubin ( Book )
Other spaces, new theatre and the RSC by Colin Chambers ( Book )
The Royal Shakespeare Company : the Peter Hall years by David Addenbrooke ( Book )
Representing Shakespeare : England, history and the RSC by Robert Shaughnessy ( Book )
"Coriolanus" in Europe by David Daniell ( Book )
Studio Shakespeare : the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Other Place by Alycia Smith Howard ( Book )
Royal Shakespeare : four major productions at Stratford-upon-Avon by Stanley Wells ( Book )
Behind the scenes at the RSC ( Visual )
The winter's tale by David Male ( Book )
Exit, pursued by a badger : an actor's journey through history with Shakespeare by Nick Asbury ( Book )

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Most widely held works by Royal Shakespeare Company

In search of Shakespeare by Michael Wood ( Visual )
13 editions published between 2003 and 2011 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,366 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An intimate look at William Shakespeare and his world

A performance of Macbeth by William Shakespeare ( Visual )
10 editions published between 1987 and 2006 in English and held by 1,353 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
When a trio of witches prophesy Macbeth's ascension to the throne, Lady Macbeth pushes her husband into a murderous spree. But once crowned king of Scotland, Macbeth sees ghastly visions, fueled by guilt and a new prophecy, that ensure his ultimate downfall

Hamlet by William Shakespeare ( Visual )
18 editions published between 2009 and 2013 in English and held by 1,248 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This production of Shakespeare's masterpiece from Britain's renowned Royal Shakespeare Company was filmed on location rather than in the theatre. No recent stage production in Britain has attracted the excitement and nearly unanimous critical praise as this Hamlet. Dynamic, exciting, and contemporary, it breathes new life into Shakespeare's greatest play

The rover, or, The banished cavaliers by Aphra Behn ( )
5 editions published between 1986 and 1999 in English and held by 1,049 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"The Rover Aphra Behn A rollicking Restoration comedy-the most performed and most studied by the increasingly admired first ever woman playwright, Aphra Behn."--BOOK JACKET

King Lear by William Shakespeare ( Visual )
7 editions published between 2008 and 2010 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 1,012 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Proposing to divide his vast kingdom amongst his three daughters, Goneril, Regan, and Cornelia, Lear devises a test for his offspring to convince him of their suitability and compassion for rule. Goneril and Regan's true colors emerge as they unleash a vast conspiracy of greed and cruelty within the once loyal dynasty

Midsummer night's dream by William Shakespeare ( Visual )
15 editions published between 1968 and 2011 in English and held by 977 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The capriciousness of lovers is the theme of this romantic and entertaining comedy, given a frolicsome rendition by the RSC

Playing Shakespeare by John Barton ( Book )
7 editions published between 1984 and 2010 in English and held by 903 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Sit in on nine intensive acting workshops conducted by the legendary John Barton of the Royal Shakespeare Company. How does this worldrenowned troupe make classic plays accessible to modern audiences, without compromising the texts integrity? How do actors search Shakespeares verse for hidden clues to their characters motivations? How do they balance intellect and passion to make theatres most famous soliloquies seem fresh? The answers come from Barton and 21 of Britains finest actors, including Judi Dench (Shakespeare in Love, Iris), Ben Kingsley (Gandhi, Schindlers List), Peggy Ashcroft (A Passage to India), Ian McKellen (The Lord of the Rings, Gods and Monsters), Patrick Stewart (X-Men, Star Trek: The Next Generation), and David Suchet (Agatha Christies Poirot). Also starring Sinad Cusack, Susan Fleetwood, Sheila Hancock, Alan Howard, Donald Sinden, Michael Williams, and more." -- Container

Players of Shakespeare : essays in Shakespearean performance ( Book )
8 editions published between 1985 and 1993 in English and held by 898 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Macbeth by William Shakespeare ( Visual )
32 editions published between 1978 and 2005 in English and Undetermined and held by 779 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Presents a production of William Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth designed especially for television

King Lear by William Shakespeare ( Visual )
1 edition published in 2004 in English and held by 725 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Lear, King of Britain, has three daughters: Goneril, Regan and Cordelia. Intending to divide his kingdom among his daughters according to their affection for him, he asks them to say which loves him most. Goneril and Regan profess their extreme affection, and each receives one-third of the kingdom. Cordelia, disgusted with their hollow flattery, says she loves him according to her duty, no more or less. Infuriated with this reply, Lear divides her portion between Goneril and Regan. Eventually, the two daughters reveal their true heartlessness and a tragic chain of events are set into motion." -- Container

Playing Shakespeare by John Barton ( Visual )
16 editions published between 1980 and 2010 in English and held by 694 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
John Barton guides members of the Royal Shakespeare Company in nine intensive acting workshops, demonstrating how the Company makes Shakespeare's classic plays accessible to modern audiences without compromising the text's integrity

Complete works by William Shakespeare ( Book )
14 editions published between 2007 and 2008 in English and held by 681 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An authoritative, modernized edition of the complete works of the great Elizabethan dramatist offers the complete texts of every comedy, tragedy, and history play, along with key facts about each work, a plot summary, major roles, sources, textual history, glossaries, and other helpful textual notes

Othello by William Shakespeare ( Visual )
11 editions published between 1990 and 2004 in English and held by 680 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Richard Price presents the special stage-to-screen studio production of the Royal Shakespeare Company's presentation of Othello by William Shakespeare, directed by Trevor Nunn

Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare ( Visual )
17 editions published between 1974 and 2004 in English and Undetermined and held by 635 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A presentation of the play by William Shakespeare

Players of Shakespeare 2 : further essays in Shakespearean performance by Royal Shakespeare Company ( Book )
6 editions published between 1988 and 1998 in English and held by 584 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Shakespeare's restless world by Neil MacGregor ( Book )
2 editions published between 2012 and 2013 in English and held by 555 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In this work of historical reconstruction Neil MacGregor and his team at the British Museum, working together in a landmark collaboration with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the BBC, bring us twenty objects that capture the essence of Shakespeare's universe and the Tudor era of Elizabeth I

Speaking Shakespearean verse by Trevor Nunn ( Visual )
22 editions published between 1979 and 2012 in English and held by 535 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Members of the Royal Shakespeare Company present a workshop before a television studio audience in which they interpret the rhythms and pronunication of Shakespeare's English

The winter's tale by William Shakespeare ( Visual )
26 editions published between 1998 and 2009 in English and held by 514 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Complete and un-edited, the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of Shakespeare's drama

Tartuffe, or, The imposter ( Visual )
5 editions published between 1984 and 2005 in English and held by 509 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Clutching ever-present rosary beads, shifting uncomfortably within the hairshirt he wears as continual penance--and always eyeing the women as they pass--Tartuffe, Moliére's master of unctuous evil, insinuates himself into a wealthy Parisian household in this indictment of religious hypocrisy. Posing as a holy man, the wily Tartuffe entrances Orgon, a credulous well-to-do merchant, bent on bestowing his worldly goods, social position, and nubile daughter on the perfidious fraud. Tartuffe delights in accepting it all--and also arranges a little depraved dalliance with Orgon's young wife, Elmire

Exploring a character by John Barton ( Visual )
25 editions published between 1979 and 2012 in English and held by 456 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Under John Barton's direction, two members of the Royal Shakespeare Company explore Shakespeare's character Shylock to demonstrate how shakespeare develops a character and the multiplicity of ways in which his characters can be understood. Given the same text from The merchant of Venice and the same direction, the different readings of the part demonstrate the infinite variety of Shakespeare's work

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