Craig Turner is Associate Professor of Theater at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Tony Soper is an actor and fight director who has handled fight roles ranging from Shakespeare to samurai.
“Methods and Practice of Elizabethan Swordplay is written by two
movement-oriented actors who analyze the writings and teachings of
three Elizabethan fencing masters, arguing that by knowing what
Elizabethans were being taught in fencing classes, we can make the
leap that this is what Shakespeare’s actors did on stage. [The]
authors share a love of theatre, combined with professional
experience as both actors and stage combat choreographers. . . .
Methods and Practice of Elizabethan Swordplay is a must for a stage
combat choreographer, for a Shakespeare study program, or for an
English drama teacher who can fence. . . . I heartily recommend
that [this book] be added to any Shakespeare collection.” —Theatre
Journal
“This splendid and absorbing book is an invaluable reference for
fight directors and all those involved in staging exhibitions of
historical swordplay. I recommend it wholeheartedly.” —Patrick
Crean, fight master of the Stratford, Ontario, Shakespeare Festival
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