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'An accessible read, in absorbing detail, from someone who has seen it all. This is a personal perspective that will surely be of use to all who read it, and may well make you see your favourite Shakespeare play in quite a different light'

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Broadway World

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'A primer for the Shakespeare director, packed full of wisdom, pithily expressed… [This book] is a fine achievement – a necessary and timely one – and I cannot recommend it highly enough'

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Stagetalk Magazine

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'Insightful, practical and down to earth... Bill Alexander is a companionable writer to spend time with. He is never abstruse or over-academic. He simply wants us to understand how theatre can tell stories once it has negotiated the many text-driven decisions which have to be made on the way'

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Ink Pellet Magazine