How to Do Shakespeare

'Adrian Noble vigorously highlights the extraordinary rhythmic, linguistic patterns "Shakespeare" gives the speaker. Any actor will find this book invaluable. For any student of "Shakespeare" it should be essential' - (From the Foreword by Ralph Fiennes). 'How can I bring the text alive, make it vivid, how do I make people hear it for the first time? How can I enter into that world and not feel a stranger. How can I not feel clumsy and inept? How can I speak it without sounding artificial or 'actory'? In other words, how can I make it real?'. Adrian Noble has worked on "Shakespeare" with everyone from oscar-nominated actors to groups of schoolchildren. Here he draws on several decades of top-level directing experience to shed new light on how to bring some of theatre's seminal texts to life. He shows you how to approach the perennial issues of performing "Shakespeare", including: wordplay - using color and playing plain, wit and comedy, making language muscular building a character - different strategies, using the text, 'Stanislavski' and "Shakespeare" shape and structure - headlining a speech, playing soliloquys, determining a speech's purpose and letting the verse empower you dialogue - building tension, sharing responsibility and 'passing the ball'. This guided tour of "Shakespeare's" complex but unfailingly rewarding work stunningly combines instruction and inspiration.

ISBN 0415549264   Pages 272 ISBN13 9780415549264 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd   Weight (grammes) 499 Imprint Routledge   Published in London Format Hardback   Height (mm) 216 Publication date 27 Nov 2009   Width (mm) 138 Library of Congress 2009019517   Spine width (mm) 20 DEWEY 792.95   Academic level Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly DEWEY edition DC22

		Foreword
		Introduction		1
1		Journeys		7
2		Apposition		13
3		Metaphor		31
4		Metre and pulse		47
5		Line endings		66
6		Word play		81
7		Vocabulary		98
8		Shape, structure and meaning		120
9		Prose		143
10		Soliloquy		161
11		Dialogue		178
12		Comedy		205
13		Tragedy		224
14		Character		240
15		More journeys		255

 Be the first to write a customer review