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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... dead Then you shall hear the surly sullen bell Give warning to the world that I am fled - From this vile world , with vilest worms to dwell . ( Sonnet 71 ) The open set of vowels sounds like mourning , and then you hit the final word ...
... dead Then you shall hear the surly sullen bell Give warning to the world that I am fled - From this vile world , with vilest worms to dwell . ( Sonnet 71 ) The open set of vowels sounds like mourning , and then you hit the final word ...
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... dead ; all three daughters are dead ; Edmund is dead ; and so - off- stage is Gloucester . Who will govern ? How can this realm survive ? The Duke of Albany names Kent and Edgar as rulers . Four couplets end this play . - Albany : Bear ...
... dead ; all three daughters are dead ; Edmund is dead ; and so - off- stage is Gloucester . Who will govern ? How can this realm survive ? The Duke of Albany names Kent and Edgar as rulers . Four couplets end this play . - Albany : Bear ...
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... dead that would have slain my husband . All this is comfort ; wherefore weep I then ? Some word there was , worser than Tybalt's death , That murder'd me ; I would forget it fain , But , O , it presses to my memory Like damned guilty ...
... dead that would have slain my husband . All this is comfort ; wherefore weep I then ? Some word there was , worser than Tybalt's death , That murder'd me ; I would forget it fain , But , O , it presses to my memory Like damned guilty ...
Contents
Foundation Craft | 3 |
The Body | 15 |
The State of Readiness | 23 |
Copyright | |
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