Speaking ShakespeareMethuen, 2002 - 355 pages This 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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... Edgar : How long have you been a sectary astronomical ? Edmund : Come , come ! When saw you my father last ? Edgar : The night gone by . Edmund : Spake you with him ? Edgar : Ay , two hours together . Edmund : Parted you in good terms ...
... Edgar : How long have you been a sectary astronomical ? Edmund : Come , come ! When saw you my father last ? Edgar : The night gone by . Edmund : Spake you with him ? Edgar : Ay , two hours together . Edmund : Parted you in good terms ...
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... Edgar's next soliloquy is in blank verse . Straight afterwards , his father enters with his eyes put out . Edgar knows he must return to his mad dis- guise and language . There is a poignant struggle between his two voices : Edgar ...
... Edgar's next soliloquy is in blank verse . Straight afterwards , his father enters with his eyes put out . Edgar knows he must return to his mad dis- guise and language . There is a poignant struggle between his two voices : Edgar ...
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Patsy Rodenburg. the play , Edgar wouldn't stand a chance . By this scene , however , Edgar is on the run and during the speech he decides to survive . Heightened Circumstances This speech is about survival . A once affluent and ...
Patsy Rodenburg. the play , Edgar wouldn't stand a chance . By this scene , however , Edgar is on the run and during the speech he decides to survive . Heightened Circumstances This speech is about survival . A once affluent and ...
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