Shakespeare’s text is packed with clues that help the reader to hear and the performer to act any speech. He also tells the actor when to go fast and when to go slow and when to accent a particular word. This book sets out to make going to Shakespeare performances or acting in them a richer experience and it should have a wide appeal to both actors and audiences.

A forty-five-minute audition demonstration of Peter Hall working with actors Daniel Stevens and Rebecca Hall on the techniques described in this book is available for online listening at
http://www.tcg.org/publications/books/media.cfm