Part memoir, part manifesto, this candid and clever account brilliantly captures the forms, pressures and pleasures of Shakespearean theatre-making in the early twenty-first century. Kevin Ewert is an expert and inspiring guide to postdramatic Shakespeare. * Paul Prescott, Associate Professor of English, University of Warwick, UK * The focus here is on the doing and making of directing Shakespeare, offered through a deft combination of theory and practice, braided into a tight plait of deeply informed historical understanding, theoretical sophistication, and useful notes-from-the-field by a practicing director. * Paul Menzer, Professor of Shakespeare and Performance, Mary Baldwin University, USA *