The Bard & Co.

Shakespeare’s Role in Modern Business
Edited by Jim Davies, John Simmons & Rob Williams

Preface by Dominic Dromgoole, Artistic Director, Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre

Classic insights for modern business drawn from the world’s greatest writer and his works.

What can the modern business person learn from Shakespeare to help them perform their role better? This is one of the key questions that is explored and answered in this highly engaging book that brings together modern business and the works and thoughts of one of the world’s most influential writers.

Acting the Part will contain 26 chapters written by 26 writers, exploring the relevance of Shakespeare in business life. Each writer will be assigned one of Shakespeare’s plays or sonnets – including King Lear, The Tempest, Richard III, Romeo and Juliet, Othello, Macbeth, Comedy of Errors, Timon of Athens – to examine, contemplate on and draw out lessons and inspirations for business managers, communicators and leaders today. Shakespeare’s relevance to life in general has been the subject of wide debate for centuries. This fascinating book provides a new perspective on Shakespeare’s influence on modern business.

978-1-905736-18-8
£12.99 PB
Rights: All
Sales territory:World
May 2007