Books by John (Author) Barton

A classic work for actors and students on understanding and playing Shakespeare. In the first half of the book, Barton attempts an objective analysis of how Shakespeare's text actually works; in the second half he concentrates on the more subjective areas such as irony and ambiguity, passion and coolness.

Ten new Greek plays from visionary director John Barton, this is the revised second edition of one of contemporary theatre's most ambitious and daring undertakings, a staggering new version of the Great Epic Cycle, a literary form of an oral tradition developed during the Greek Dark Ages, and the aftermath of the Homeric War.