Speaking Shakespeare

Name: Speaking Shakespeare
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ISBN: 9780312294205

ISBN-10: 0312294204

ISBN-13: 9780312294205

Edition: 2002 (Revised)

Authors: Patsy Rodenburg

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"You can’t act Shakespeare until you can speak him." These words inform every page of Speaking Shakespeare. Patsy Rodenburg tackles one of the most difficult jobs an actor can take on: speaking Shakespeare on the stage both as his words were meant to be spoken as well as in an understandable and dramatic way that projects the reality of the character. Patsy calls this book "a simple manual to start the journey into the heart of Shakespeare." She begins with the "givens" of speaking verse. She then moves on to the rehearsal of leading Shakespeare roles from Hamlet, King Lear, Richard III, Macbeth and others. Like The Actor Speaks, this will be a book every working actor will need to have.…

Book details

Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date: 8/17/2002
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 368
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English

Acknowledgements	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Foundation Craft
Foundation Craft	p. 3
The Body	p. 15
The State of Readiness	p. 23
Breath	p. 30
Support	p. 36
Freeing the Voice	p. 40
Placing the Free Voice	p. 46
Consolidation	p. 50
Deepening the Work	p. 53
Range and Resonance	p. 55
Clear Speech	p. 57
Listening	p. 60
Hamlet's Advice	p. 63
Structure
The Givens	p. 69
The Word	p. 72
Alliteration, Assonance, Onomatopoeia	p. 78
Rhythm	p. 84
Pauses and Irregularities of Rhythm	p. 95
The Line	p. 103
The Thought and the Structuring of Thoughts	p. 108
The Structure of Scenes	p. 120
Antithesis	p. 121
Rhyme	p. 126
Prose	p. 155
Irony	p. 163
Puns	p. 169
Language games	p. 173
Repetition	p. 177
The Story	p. 180
Location	p. 184
Stage Directions, Props, Entrances and Exits	p. 186
Soliloquy	p. 188
The Imaginative
The Imaginative Exploration of the Text	p. 191
Anchoring the Text	p. 201
Focus and Energy	p. 217
Summary	p. 222
The Speeches
Richard III	p. 226
Julius Caesar	p. 236
Measure for Measure	p. 242
King Lear	p. 250
As You Like It	p. 266
Much Ado About Nothing	p. 273
The Merchant of Venice	p. 279
Othello	p. 285
Henry V	p. 292
The Winter's Tale	p. 297
Macbeth	p. 303
Twelfth Night	p. 314
A Midsummer Night's Dream	p. 325
Antony and Cleopatra	p. 329
Coriolanus	p. 334
Cymbeline	p. 338
King John	p. 344
Checklists
Preparing the Body, Breath, Voice and Speech	p. 351
The Givens	p. 354
The Imaginative	p. 355
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