Playing Shakespeare /
John Barton.
- 2nd revised edition.
- London : Methuen Drama, 2009.
- 224 p. : ill.
Includes index.
A classic work for actors and students on understanding and playing Shakespeare. In the first half of the book, Barton attempts an objective analysis of how Shakespeare's text actually works; in the second half he concentrates on the more subjective areas such as irony and ambiguity, passion and coolness.