Carlo Boso is one of the foremost exponents of Commedia dell’Arte in the contemporary performance world.

Simon Russell Beale is one of Britain’s most prolific and revered stage actors. For the general reader, particularly Shakespeare enthusiasts, this will prove an engaging and fruitful insight into the mind of a deeply thoughtful actor.

Shakespeare’s plays have influenced generations of writers, but who were the early modern playwrights who influenced him?

For non-actors, this book offers a window on the actor’s art; for the actor both an interrogation and a call-to-arms from a director whose passion for the theatre has clearly never dimmed.