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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... hear the richness of the language or follow complex thoughts and debates . Ideas develop and grow , they don't stay entrenched and constantly repeated . If we miss one part of a point , we won't be able to follow the next stages , which ...
... hear the richness of the language or follow complex thoughts and debates . Ideas develop and grow , they don't stay entrenched and constantly repeated . If we miss one part of a point , we won't be able to follow the next stages , which ...
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... hear . • Start from the closest to you and then move outwards . • Reach out with your ears as far as you can . • Do this exercise at different times of the day and night . • Find opportunities to sharpen up your hearing . Certain ...
... hear . • Start from the closest to you and then move outwards . • Reach out with your ears as far as you can . • Do this exercise at different times of the day and night . • Find opportunities to sharpen up your hearing . Certain ...
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... hear , smell and know , a real detail that corresponds with the metaphor- ical turning of the tide in Falstaff's life . She saw him ' play with flowers ' - someone had placed flowers near him , probably the Hostess . He bab- bled of ...
... hear , smell and know , a real detail that corresponds with the metaphor- ical turning of the tide in Falstaff's life . She saw him ' play with flowers ' - someone had placed flowers near him , probably the Hostess . He bab- bled of ...
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