What goes through a man’s mind when he is playing Hamlet? How does Shakespeare’s best-known play actually work, from the inside? Steven Berkoff is an actor, playwright, and director with an extraordin
Steven Berkoff's original new play charts the lovers' story beneath the surface of Shakespeare's play. With a muscularity of language tempered with tenderness, Berkoff's play is shot through with imag
This third collection by Steven Berkoff is made up of three history plays. Set in thirteenth-century England, Ritual in Blood looks at the persecution of the Jews and, by implication, the persecution
This first collection of his plays includes East, described by Berkoff as 'an outburst or revolt against the sloth of my youth and a desire to turn a welter of undirected passion and frustration into
Steven Berkoff has been variously described as controversial, thrilling, electric and dynamic. A Renaissance man of the theatre, he is known equally for his writing, directing and acting. Collecting t
There is no other like Berkoff and there'll never be another.' Daily MailThis volume marks Steven Berkoff's eightieth birthday by bringing together two of his greatest plays from the 1980s, Greek – an
Written with characteristic Berkoff flair and an understanding of the subtle power and violence of the English language, this second collection of his plays includes Decadence, described by the Guardi
