There is nothing like a Dane! : the lighter side of Hamlet
A wonderful compilation of humorous anecdotes and insightful observations on Hamlet There Is Nothing Like a Dane! is an affectionate, sharp-witted collection of humorous quotes and intriguing facts about Hamlet, interwoven with Clive Francis's inspired drawings of various actors strutting their stuff. The great thespian hall of fame is duly visited, though its inhabitants are not always as dignified as they would like to seem. Here are character sketches in word and pictures of the likes of Donald Wolfit, Kenneth Branagh, John Gielgud, Henry Irving, Jonathan Pryce, John Barrymore, Alec Guinness, Richard Burton and, of course, Laurence Olivier. Also interspersed are literary reflections on the bard from fellow scribes Mark Twain, D. H. Lawrence, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Charles Dickens, Henry Fielding, and P. G. Wodehouse. Peppered with Clive Francis's unique and hilarious caricatures, this is a book for actors and audiences--and Shakespeare buffs on their day off
Print Book, English, 2003
1st U.S. ed View all formats and editions
Thomas Dunne Books, New York, 2003
Anecdotes
96 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
9780312313777, 0312313772
52948825
Includes index