Acting Narrative Speeches: The Actor as StorytellerMeriwether Pub., 2002 - 445 pages Narrative speeches, both classical and contemporary, are used to reveal how an actor can discover the inherent energy, the essence and the subtextual colours of every word and sentences of a dramatic speech. This book clearly demonstrates that any memorable performance needs far more than acting technique alone. In eighteen chapters actor/director/teacher McDonough defines in depth how an actor can find the often overlooked subtleties that create characters with dimension and moments of heightened reality. |
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Page 76
... perhaps he kneels reverently , as if brought to his knees by the sight of the venerable old king . When he imagines how Duncan's virtues " Will plead like angels , trumpet - tongued " against the murder , perhaps he jumps to his feet as ...
... perhaps he kneels reverently , as if brought to his knees by the sight of the venerable old king . When he imagines how Duncan's virtues " Will plead like angels , trumpet - tongued " against the murder , perhaps he jumps to his feet as ...
Page 106
... perhaps on the 6.21 On the other hand , you might well decide that it is Elizabeth's point of view that should be played . Sit . You have just climbed in your father's lap . Perhaps when you sense that he is about to put his arm about ...
... perhaps on the 6.21 On the other hand , you might well decide that it is Elizabeth's point of view that should be played . Sit . You have just climbed in your father's lap . Perhaps when you sense that he is about to put his arm about ...
Page 257
... perhaps makes up his or her mind . This model is a good framework for many narrative speeches . In some cases , a character has a clear motive in telling a story : it is meant to persuade , comfort , shame , explain , etc. An objective ...
... perhaps makes up his or her mind . This model is a good framework for many narrative speeches . In some cases , a character has a clear motive in telling a story : it is meant to persuade , comfort , shame , explain , etc. An objective ...
Common terms and phrases
acceleration acting action actor Agamemnon Appendix Athi audience beginning body build caesura central moment chair character character's choices circumstances climax Clytemnestra conjure create deceleration develop draft E.E. Cummings emotional emphasize endwords energy example explore expressive eyes fade father feel feet from/to gesture Gus Edwards Hamlet hand happened hear Hotspur I'm Not Rappaport Imagine implicit scene impulses indirect quote inner conflict inside the story Juliet language layered look metaphor moments Monologues move movement narrative speeches onomatopoeia onomatopoetic opposites performance phrase physical play point of view possible pullback Puntila rehearsal reliving rhythm rhythmic Romeo Romeo and Juliet Sam Shepard seam sentence set the scene Shakespeare shape single image slow snake handling sound sense space specific spondee stage syllables talk tell the story telling a story theater Titania transition trochee Tybalt voice Wesley Weston words