Covering Shakespeare: An Actor's Saga of Near Misses and Dogged Endurance

by David Weston

Book Overview

David Weston has spent a lifetime acting in Shakespeare's plays, and has been directed by the likes of Sir Peter Hall, Trevor Nunn and Michael Croft. Chosen as Ian McKellen's understudy in the RSC's King Lear, David toured the world and recorded his experiences in his diary, which became the award-winning Covering McKellen: An Understudy's Tale, called 'Salty, evocative and informative' by the Daily Mail. It went on to win the prestigious S.T.R...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1783190647
• ISBN13: 9781783190645
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Oberon Books
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.6" x 8.7"