Renaissance Drama in ActionRenaissance Drama in Action is a fascinating exploration of Renaissance theatre practice and staging. Covering questions of contemporary playhouse design, verse and language, staging and rehearsal practices, and acting styles, Martin White relates the characteristics of Renaissance theatre to the issues involved in staging the plays today. |
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... experience of modern theatre practitioners such as Stephen Jeffreys , Harriet Walter , Adrian Noble , and Matthew Warchus . Renaissance Drama in Action offers undergraduates and A - level students an invaluable guide to the main ...
... overlook ) when working on an Elizabethan or Jacobean play , and guided by the experience of theatre artists , my observation of performances and my own practical 1 'Comedies are writ to be spoken, not read': approaching the play.
... experience as a director and teacher I know that many students find understanding the words and forms of language a real stumbling - block to their enjoyment of the plays . In fact , the language is often more problematic than it might ...
... experienced by the viewer of one of these paintings of the Queen holding what appears to be a kitchen or gardening utensil is dispelled when one learns that the Sieve had been used in Petrarch's Triumph of Chastity in which Tuccia , a ...
... experienced actors who worked with him , consistently stress the need for the language to be the prod- uct of the character's aims , intentions and attitudes : what we call motivation and what Shakespeare , through Hamlet , called ' the ...
Contents
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Speeches well pronounced with action lively | 58 |
outdoor playing spaces | 109 |
indoor playing spaces | 144 |
some comic irresolutions | 177 |
Renaissance drama | 197 |
New plays for old Richard Brome and Stephen | 217 |
Postscript | 233 |
Bibliography | 245 |
Index | 259 |
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Renaissance Drama in Action: An Introduction to Aspects of Theatre Practice ... Martin White No preview available - 1998 |