ABSTRACT

Old Vic Prefaces is a collection of the author's talks to the actors on those plays which he produced, while a Director of the Old Vic from 1949 to 1953. The prefaces are unique in that they relate to actual performances, and each preface is followed by a short post-script in which the producer draws attention to some point that arose in production or in rehearsal, which illustrates the sort of problems that confront the producer of a Shakespeare play.

chapter 1|25 pages

Love's Labour's Lost

Old Vic Theatre Company

chapter 2|25 pages

Hamlet

Old Vic Theatre Company

chapter 3|28 pages

Twelfth Night

Old Vic Theatre Company

chapter 4|28 pages

The Merry Wives of Windsor

Old Vic Theatre Company

chapter 5|33 pages

Romeo and Juliet

Assembly Hall, Edinburgh

chapter 6|21 pages

The Merchant of Venice

Old Vic Theatre

chapter 7|24 pages

Julius Caesar

Old Vic Theatre