| Description |
xvii, 265 pages ; 21 cm |
| Series |
A Methuen paperback |
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Methuen paperback.
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| Contents |
The two traditions: Elizabethan and modern acting -- Using the verse: heightened and naturalistic verse -- Language and character: making the words one's own -- Using the prose: why does Shakespeare use prose? -- Set speeches and soliloquies: taking the audience with you -- Using the sonnets: going over some old ground -- Irony and ambiguity: text that isn't what it seems -- Passion and coolness: a question of balance -- Rehearsing the text: Orsino and Viola -- Exploring a character: playing Shylock -- Contemporary Shakespeare: a discussion -- Poetry and hidden poetry: three kinds of failure |
| Summary |
"To an actor first approaching Elizabethan theater, Shakespearean verse can seem the most puzzling to interpret. But hidden within the text of every Shakespeare play lie directions, provided by the playwright himself. In Playing Shakespeare, John Barton draws on more than thirty-five years of experience as the Royal Shakespeare Company's associate director to offer a practical guide to how these plays work."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Originally published: London : Methuen Drama, 1984 |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Dramatic production.
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Acting.
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| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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| LC no. |
00052597 |
| ISBN |
0385720858 |
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