Speaking ShakespeareThis text journeys to the heart of speaking and acting Shakespeare. Starting with the givens of speaking verse through to the rehearsal of leading Shakespeare roles from Hamlet, King Lear, Richard III, Macbeth and others, this title unlocks some of the greatest challenges from a playwrite that any actor will encounter. With a mixture of anecdotes and clear instructions starting with the voice and moving on to major textual analysis, this text provides a guide to anyone who wants to start to understand how to act Shakespeare. |
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... Shakespeare never get emotionally stuck , like needles on vinyl records . On the contrary , Shakespeare requires you actively to transform your emotions as you speak . Great poetic language is only in part to do with intellect . Not for ...
... Shakespeare never get emotionally stuck , like needles on vinyl records . On the contrary , Shakespeare requires you actively to transform your emotions as you speak . Great poetic language is only in part to do with intellect . Not for ...
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... Shakespeare's forms . We have to learn to care about our voices , our words , our ears and our ability to communicate and not be ashamed of caring . From the audience's point of view ... Shakespeare by contrast , 10 Speaking Shakespeare.
... Shakespeare's forms . We have to learn to care about our voices , our words , our ears and our ability to communicate and not be ashamed of caring . From the audience's point of view ... Shakespeare by contrast , 10 Speaking Shakespeare.
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... Shakespeare , and why it is so important to serve the word . There is nothing casual or random about the writing of great plays . Each utter- ance has been honed appropriately . There are ... Shakespearean role , | 12 12 Speaking Shakespeare.
... Shakespeare , and why it is so important to serve the word . There is nothing casual or random about the writing of great plays . Each utter- ance has been honed appropriately . There are ... Shakespearean role , | 12 12 Speaking Shakespeare.
Contents
Foundation Craft | 3 |
The Body | 15 |
The State of Readiness | 23 |
Copyright | |
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actor alliteration Antony audience Autolycus beat begin Benedick Berowne blank verse body breath character character's Claudio connected death Demetrius Desdemona Edgar Edmund emotional energy exercise explore eyes Falstaff father feel fool forward givens Gloucester Goneril Hamlet hath hear heart Heightened Circumstances Helena Hermia human husband Iago iambic iambic pentameter imagination irony Isabella journey Juliet King King Lear Lady Macbeth language Lear Leontes listen look Lysander meaning Merchant of Venice mouth move murder muscles Oberon Olivia onomatopoeia Othello pain passion pause Phoebe physical play Posthumus prose Puck push realise rehearsal release reveal rhyming couplet rhythm Richard Romeo Rosalind scene Second Circle sense Shakespeare Shylock Silvius soliloquy sound speak speech stay stop structure syllables tension thee thou thought Titania tongue Tybalt understand Viola vocal voice vowels walk wife Winter's Tale word