Robert Smallwood is Honorary Fellow of the Shakespeare Institute, Stratford-upon-Avon and was, until his retirement in 2001, Head of Education at the Shakespeare Centre, Stratford-upon-Avon.

'...these accounts allow a rare opportunity to feel as well as read a character.' Plays International

• Preface; Introduction Robert Smallwood; Prospero in The Tempest Philip Voss; Dromio of Syracuse in The Comedy of Errors Ian Hughes; Puck (and Philostrate) in A Midsummer Night's Dream Aidan McArdle; Viola and Olivia in Twelfth Night Zoë Waites and Matilda Ziegler; Hermione in The Winter's Tale Alexandra Gilbreath; Leontes in The Winter's Tale, and Macbeth Antony Sher; Romeo in Romeo and Juliet David Tennant; Timon of Athens Michael Pennington; Hamlet Simon Russell Beale; King Lear Nigel Hawthorne; Iago in Othello Richard McCabe; Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra Frances de la Tour.

Robert Smallwood is Honorary Fellow of the Shakespeare Institute, Stratford-upon-Avon and was, until his retirement in 2001, Head of Education at the Shakespeare Centre, Stratford-upon-Avon.

'...these accounts allow a rare opportunity to feel as well as read a character.' Plays International

• Preface; Introduction Robert Smallwood; Prospero in The Tempest Philip Voss; Dromio of Syracuse in The Comedy of Errors Ian Hughes; Puck (and Philostrate) in A Midsummer Night's Dream Aidan McArdle; Viola and Olivia in Twelfth Night Zoë Waites and Matilda Ziegler; Hermione in The Winter's Tale Alexandra Gilbreath; Leontes in The Winter's Tale, and Macbeth Antony Sher; Romeo in Romeo and Juliet David Tennant; Timon of Athens Michael Pennington; Hamlet Simon Russell Beale; King Lear Nigel Hawthorne; Iago in Othello Richard McCabe; Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra Frances de la Tour.

Robert Smallwood is Honorary Fellow of the Shakespeare Institute, Stratford-upon-Avon and was, until his retirement in 2001, Head of Education at the Shakespeare Centre, Stratford-upon-Avon.

'...these accounts allow a rare opportunity to feel as well as read a character.' Plays International

• Preface; Introduction Robert Smallwood; Prospero in The Tempest Philip Voss; Dromio of Syracuse in The Comedy of Errors Ian Hughes; Puck (and Philostrate) in A Midsummer Night's Dream Aidan McArdle; Viola and Olivia in Twelfth Night Zoë Waites and Matilda Ziegler; Hermione in The Winter's Tale Alexandra Gilbreath; Leontes in The Winter's Tale, and Macbeth Antony Sher; Romeo in Romeo and Juliet David Tennant; Timon of Athens Michael Pennington; Hamlet Simon Russell Beale; King Lear Nigel Hawthorne; Iago in Othello Richard McCabe; Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra Frances de la Tour.