Wendy Nelson-Cave
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The characters that Shakespeare created, over 800 of them, are as vivid and convincing today as they were to his Elizabethan contemporaries. Some are
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recognizable stereotypes, while others employ all the depth of human understanding and the subtle characterization of which this superb dramatist was capable. All of these are featured in this book. An exciting selection of illustrations, drawn from 4 centuries of Shakespeare in performance, enliven the text. Classic actors, such as David Garrick, Sarah Siddons, Ellen Terry and Edwin Booth, are all here, alongside such 20th-century luminaries as Laurence Olivier, Judi Dench and Kenneth Branagh.
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