Abigail Rokison-Woodall is Lecturer at the Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham, UK. She began her career as a professional actor, appearing in, amongst other productions, ITV’s The Darling Buds of May. She completed her PhD at Cambridge University in 2006 after which she became a lecturer in Drama and English at Cambridge. Her monograph, Shakespearean Verse Speaking, won the inaugural Shakespeare’s Globe first book award (2012). She is the author of Shakespeare for Young People: Productions, Versions and Adaptations, published by Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare.

• INTRODUCTIONPART 1CHAPTER 1: Education and the Early YearsCase Study: As You Like ItCHAPTER 2: Hytner and the RSCCASE STUDY: Measure for MeasureCHAPTER 3: Hytner at the National Theatre – as directorCASE STUDY: Henry V and OthelloCHAPTER 4: Hytner at the National Theatre – as Artistic DirectorPART 2: INTERVIEWSTimelineBibliographyIndex

The book will be extremely useful for anybody studying, acting and directing Shakespeare and of immense value to future theatre historians.