A complete and illustrated edition of Shakespeare’s late comedy with a new introduction by actor, writer and director Simon Callow.

The National Portrait Gallery’s series of compact, fully illustrated, historical guides to literary and artistic personalities and themes. Written by well-known contemporary writers, they use works from the Gallery’s Collection…

The creator of the Hunchback of Notre Dame, Henry VIII and Captain Bligh, Charles Laughton’s career spans 50 films and 40 stage roles. Along the way we meet a galaxy…

A new edition of the classic book for actors starting their careers, with new material. Callow provides a guide not only to the actor’s profession but also to the intricacies…

The excruciating gaffes and put downs of renowned British actor John Gielgud, are legendary. Drawn from many unpublished letters and Jonathan Croall’s extensive interviews, and collected here in one volume…

From the Booker Prize-winner of ‘Offshore’ comes this entertaining tale of a chaotic stage school and its singular headmistress. With a new introduction by Simon Callow.

Marching Song is a play written by Orson Welles and Roger Hill about the abolitionist, John Brown. Welles and Hill collaborated on the play when Welles was seventeen and attending…