Thinking Shakespeare ― A How-to Guide for Student Actors, Directors, and Anyone Else Who Wants to Feel More Comfortable With the Bard

First published a decade ago, this is the newly revamped text for Thinking Shakespeare: A How-To Guide for Student Actors, Directors, and Anyone Else Who Wants to Feel More Comfortable with the Bard. Based on Barry Edelstein's thirty-year career directing Shakespeare's plays, this book provides the tools that actors need to fully understand and express the power of Shakespeare's language.

Barry Edelstein is one of the leading Shakespeare directors in the United States. Some of the actors with whom he has worked include Gwyneth Paltrow, Uma Thurman, John Turturro, Jeffrey Wright, David Strathairn, Kevin Kline, Julianna Margulies, and Bill Irwin. He was artistic director of New York City's Classic Stage Company and has directed at major theaters around the country. He has taught Shakespearean acting at the Julliard School, NYU, USC, and the Public Theater, and in master classes around the world.