The information collected in this book will be of invaluable use to English teachers and drama groups in schools and colleges, to student actors and to local amateur societies. Aspects of staging, acting, music, clothes, props and furniture which are relevant to Shakespeare production are outlined; suppliers, sources and books for further reading are listed and a short account of each play in terms of minimum and maximum castings, basic props and effects is given in Chapter 9. The plays are approached, as they were written, as blueprints for performance. The author shows how the text contains implicit and explicit directions to the performers. Exploring these directions and putting them into practice in a way that Shakespeare's own actors may have done is by far the most interesting and rewarding way for young people to learn about Shakespeare.

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