Thinking Shakespeare: A How-To Guide for Student Actors, Directors, and Anyone Else Who Wants to Feel More Comfortable with the Bard (SparkNotes Edition) »

Barry Edelstein is a theater director noted for his productions of the plays of William Shakespeare. He has directed over half of the Bard's works at theaters around New York City and the United States, including Julius Caesar, starring Jeffrey Wright, for New York's "Shakespeare in the Park" and As You Like It, starring Gwyneth Paltrow. He lives in Brooklyn, New York, where he quotes a lot of Shakespeare.

Thinking Shakespeare gives the actors practical advice about how to make Shakespeare's words feel spontaneous, passionate, and real. Based on Barry Edelstein's twenty-year career directing Shakespeare's plays, this book provides the tools that actors need to fully understand and express the power of Shakespeare's language.