The idea behind Great Shakespeare Actors
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Channel: Oxford Academic (Oxford University Press) · 2015 · Education
Drawing on a long-standing love for Shakespeare and the theatre Stanley Wells talks about his latest book, Great Shakespeare Actors. http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780198703297.do# Stanley Wells, described by Roy Hattersley as 'Our greatest authority on Shakespeare's life and work', is honorary President of The Shakespeare Birthplace, Emeritus Professor of Shakespeare Studies of the University of Birmingham, and Honorary Emeritus Governor of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre. He was for nearly twenty years the editor of the annual Shakespeare Survey, and writes for the TLS and many other publications. He has editedThe New Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare Studies and is General Editor (with Gary Taylor) of The Complete Oxford Shakespeare and co-author of William Shakespeare: A Textual Companion. His most recent books areShakespeare For All Time, Looking for Sex in Shakespeare, and Shakespeare, Sex, and Love. © Oxford University Press
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