The Quality of Mercy

'Exquisite... enthralling... This short, modest and brilliant book does more than many more grandiose tomes to renew the reader's fascination with the plays, and the theatre-goer's wonder at the extraordinary and diverse sensations locked up inside the First Folio. It should be required reading at all universities and drama clubs'

* Guardian *

'Contains within its scintillating reflections the essence of all that Peter Brook has learned over a lifetime. Whoever imagined that a book about Shakespeare could also be such fun?'

* Wall Street Journal *

'This volume positively seethes and sparkles with ideas... provides not only acute insights into the texts, but intriguing details of performance history, and a few morsels of grand theatrical gossip'

* Scotsman *

'Should be required reading for any aspiring young directors and actors but also all serious theatregoers... the writing is a model of clarity, the ideas challenging but sensible... it should be on every reader's bookshelf'

* British Theatre Guide *

'If you want a gift for an actor, look no further than this educative, engrossing, entertaining book'

* The Stage *

'Each new page you turn is a delight. And all written in such an unpretentious, gentle, often amusing style. A joy'

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