(Play It Like It Is). Heres a stand-out collection of 14 tracks featured on all three of John Mayers live albums: Any Given Thursday ; As/Is ; Where the Light Is . The songbook features note-for-note guitar transcriptions with tablature for: Belief * Come When I Call * Comfortable * Every Day I Have the Blues * Gravity * Neon * Vultures * Who Did You Think I Was * Why Georgia * and more Mayer favorites.
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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful. All the worlds a stage as this book provides the reader short essays on great Shakespeare actors from Burbage to BranaghBy C. M MillsDr. Stanley Wells the author of Great Shakespeare Actors is an acknowledged expert on the works of the Bard William Shakespeare (1564-1616).In this 308 page book he gives the reader a glimpse behind the drawn curtain to learn more about famous and great actors and how the production of Shakespearean drama has evolved since the days of the Globe Theatres heyday in the sixteenth century to today. Shakespeare is the worlds greatest playwright and his immortal tragedies; comedies and history plays will live as long as humanity roams the earth. The book looks at the acting careers of several Shakespeare actors from Richard Burbage the star of Shakespeares company to such luminaries as Sarah Siddons; David Garrick; Edmund Keen; Edmund Booth; Ellen Terry; Michael Redgrave. Sir Laurence Olivier; Sir Ralph Richardson; Dame Peggy Ashcroft and many others. The author also provides information on the staging and acting styles which have been favored over the long centuries of Shakespeare acting on the boards. This book is a fun read filled with pictures and facts. It would be very helpful for acting students; students of drama and Shakespeare and anyone who want to enhance their cultural literacy.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. A Bit of Dry Toast...By Stephen L. BrokerI found this to be extremely dull; given the exalted roster of its subjects. Some good stuff here and there; but there are better books out there; and; I hope; not so dryly written.2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Shallow scholarship and a disappointment.By TheseusIm sorry to say this book is a huge disappointment to me. I respect Stanley Wells as a scholar of Shakespeare (not including text structure and the mechanisms of prosody) and even more as a scholar of Elizabethan culture; but it is sad to see that; like many critics and scholars; he understands almost nothing about acting. He can describe the effects of a performance; but when he attempts to explain the process the actor used to get there; he is simply ignorant. Also; given his reputation; the bibliography he provides to document his points is shockingly weak: he uses one or perhaps two currently popular biographies for each actor; sometimes omitting major works; and he seems to have consulted very few primary sources. For John Philip Kemble; for example; he lists only Linda Kellys recent "The Kemble Era" and doesnt mention the more scholarly classic; "John Philip Kemble;" by Herschel Baker. For Sarah Siddons; he omits James Boadens 1827 "Memoirs of Mrs. Sidddons;" which includes interviews with her colleagues. I dont think Wellss book will help anyone understand how an actor works on a Shakespeare play; and its generalizations will probably do more harm than good.
