Will Power How to Act Shakespeare in 21 Days

Name: Will Power How to Act Shakespeare in 21 Days
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ISBN: 9781557836663

ISBN-10: 1557836663

ISBN-13: 9781557836663

Edition: 2006

Authors: John Basil, Stephanie Gunning

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Thousands of young people set their sights on becoming professional actors each year, hoping to get a foot in the door with a solid resume built in high school, college, and local theatre company productions. But competition for parts is fierce, and no list of credits is complete without competency in the classical works of Shakespeare. Will Power guides both professional actors and aspirants through a lively 21-day rehearsal process leading up to the day of an actual audition or performance. Actors need never again be confused about where to begin or how to follow through when developing a Shakespearean role. Clear stepping stones have been laid out before them-by Shakespeare himself. Even…

Book details

List price: $17.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Publication date: 9/1/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 376
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.95" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



Introduction : your 21-day journey with Will


The Shakespeare rehearsal



Map reading : secrets of your script unfolded



Revealing your repetitions



Cracking the capitalization code



Verse or prose?



Picking out punctuation



Revving up your verbs



Amiable adjectives, saucy similes, and merry metaphors



O! Thy status is showing



Your secret formula for persuasive rhetoric



Scouting the landscape : going on instinct, getting off book



Script rotations



To memorize, physicalize



Now, go ahead and look it up



Draft your newspaper headlines



Charting your course : moments of variety and nuance



Playing with the pace



Finding your focus



Surely, you jest



Art thou parent, child, or adult?



Greeks bearing gifts



Staking your claim : Stanislavski's approach



Your given circumstances



Five basic human needs



Your doings



Presto, PASTO!


Shakespeare in action


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