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Shakespeare in the Theatre Kathryn Hunter

Stephen Purcell
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Product details

  • ISBN 9781350339347
  • Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
  • Publication Date: 12 Nov 2026
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Hardback
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Description

Kathryn Hunter is one of the most distinctive performers on the modern stage. Her shapeshifting abilities have seen her play Shakespearean roles as diverse as King Lear, Richard III, Katharina, Cleopatra, Puck, and Timon of Athens. Her role as the witches in Joel Coen’s The Tragedy of Macbeth introduced her distinctive approach to Shakespeare to a wider audience, winning her the 2021 New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress. She is also an accomplished Shakespearean director, having directed productions for theatres including Shakespeare’s Globe and the Royal Shakespeare Company. This study situates her Shakespearean work within the context of her wider career, including her Olivier award-winning work with Complicite and her frequent collaborations with Peter Brook. It is based on a series of nine interviews with Hunter that were conducted over Zoom during the 2020 lockdown, and draws upon archival material from Shakespeare’s Globe, the RSC and elsewhere.
About Stephen Purcell
Stephen Purcell is Associate Professor of English at the University of Warwick, UK. His research focuses on the performance of the work of Shakespeare and his contemporaries on the modern stage and screen, and his publications include Popular Shakespeare (2009), Shakespeare and Audience in Practice (2013), and Shakespeare in the Theatre: Mark Rylance at the Globe (2017). He directs for the open-air theatre company The Pantaloons.

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