Sweet William: A User's Guide to Shakespeare
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- ISBN 9781848423442
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 12 Dec 2013
- Publisher: Nick Hern Books
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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Michael Pennington's solo show about Shakespeare, Sweet William, was acclaimed throughout Europe and in the US as a unique blend of showmanship and scholarship. In this book, he deepens his exploration of Shakespeare's life and work – and the connection between the two – that lies at its heart.
It is illuminated throughout by the unrivalled insights into the plays that Pennington gained from the twenty thousand hours he spent working on them as a leading actor, an artistic director and a director – and as the author of three previous books on individual Shakespeare plays.
With practical analysis, wonderfully detailed and entertaining interpretations of characters and scenes, and vivid reflections on Shakespeare's theatre and ours, the result is a masterclass of the most enjoyable kind for theatregoers, professionals, students and anyone interested in Shakespeare.
This book was published in hardback as Sweet William: Twenty Thousand Hours With Shakespeare.
'A brilliant and intimate insider's guide to Shakespeare from one of our greatest classical actors' Gregory Doran
'Michael Pennington is a great Shakespearian actor who writes with the authority of an academic. His book analyses the plays, the characters and the playwright's life. It will intrigue, entertain and challenge students, actors and their audiences' Ian McKellen
'Rich and informative, and something that will be mined for many years to come by anyone interested in Shakespeare and in British theatre' Professor James Shapiro
'Shakespeare comes wonderfully to life in Michael's beautifully written book' Rupert Everett
'Irresistibly readable' Peter Brook
Michael Pennington played leading roles in Shakespeare's plays for the Royal Shakespeare Company, the English Shakespeare Company (of which he was co-founder and joint Artistic Director), the Peter Hall Company and the BBC. He also directed several of the plays, and is the author of three books on individual Shakespeare plays (Hamlet, Twelfth Night and A Midsummer Night’s Dream). He toured his solo shows, Sweet William and Anton Chekhov, throughout the world.
