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Adrian Noble - How to Do Shakespeare - 9780415549271 - V9780415549271
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How to Do Shakespeare

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Description for How to Do Shakespeare Paperback. Highlights the rhythmic and linguistic patterns "Shakespeare" gives the speaker. This title shows you how to approach the perennial issues of performing "Shakespeare", including: wordplay; strategies; headlining a speech and playing soliloquys; building tension, sharing responsibility and 'passing the ball'. It is suitable for actors and students. Num Pages: 272 pages, 25 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: ANC; ANH; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 358.

'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 ...?'

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He shows you how to approach the perennial issues of performing Shakespeare, including:

  • wordplay – using colour 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.

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Product Details

Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Weight
348g
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415549271
SKU
V9780415549271
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2

About Adrian Noble
Adrian Noble was the artistic director and chief executive of the Royal Shakespeare Company between 1990 and 2003, having previously served as Associate Director for nine years. He has also held key positions at the Bristol Old Vic and the Manchester Royal Exchange. He regularly works in Theatre and Opera in Canada, France and the USA as well as the ... Read more

Reviews for How to Do Shakespeare
'Noble, who has worked with Kenneth Branagh and Ralph Fiennes, achieves a winning mix of the theoretical and the practical' - WhatsOnStage.com

Goodreads reviews for How to Do Shakespeare


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