Screen LibraryPerforming Shakespeare unrehearsed : a practical guide to acting and producing spontaneous Shakespeare /
"Shakespeare's plays can be performed effectively without rehearsal, if all the actors understand a set of performance guidelines and put them into practice. In Performing Shakespeare, Unrehearsed: A Practical Guide to Acting and Directing Spontaneous Shakespeare, each chapter is devoted t...
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Routledge,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | 2018. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"Shakespeare's plays can be performed effectively without rehearsal, if all the actors understand a set of performance guidelines and put them into practice. In Performing Shakespeare, Unrehearsed: A Practical Guide to Acting and Directing Spontaneous Shakespeare, each chapter is devoted to a specific guideline, demonstrating through examples how it can be applied to pieces of text from Shakespeare's First Folio, how it creates blocking and stage business, and how it enhances story clarity. Once the guidelines have been established, practical means of production are discussed, providing the |
| Carrier Form: | xii, 224 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780815352105 (paperback) : 0815352107 (paperback) |
| Index Number: | PR3091 |
| CLC: | I561.073 |
| Call Number: | I561.073/K511 |
| Contents: | Why unrehearsed? -- Meter in Shakespeare? -- This, that, here, and there -- We, us, and our -- Thou and you -- Following and throwing stage directions -- Cross to the character -- Action to the word -- Overlapping speech -- Preparing for unrehearsed performance. |