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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... character closer to the heart of a debate . The thoughts build a struc- ture . The first one opens up a debate , a concern , a question ; then the fol- lowing thoughts explore , clarify and deepen , looking for an answer , a resolve ...
... character closer to the heart of a debate . The thoughts build a struc- ture . The first one opens up a debate , a concern , a question ; then the fol- lowing thoughts explore , clarify and deepen , looking for an answer , a resolve ...
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... character . He will spend a great part of this play drunk , but before we ever see him so his language is already ... character , formality and set- ting . The essential question for the actor is , ' Does my character use both verse and ...
... character . He will spend a great part of this play drunk , but before we ever see him so his language is already ... character , formality and set- ting . The essential question for the actor is , ' Does my character use both verse and ...
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... character's world . It is a spiritual , emo- tional , historical , social and philosophical journey that requires courage and a ruthless check on any censoring . Now is the moment you have to suspend moral judgements as your character ...
... character's world . It is a spiritual , emo- tional , historical , social and philosophical journey that requires courage and a ruthless check on any censoring . Now is the moment you have to suspend moral judgements as your character ...
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