Acting Shakespeare Is Outrageous

Author : Herb Parker
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-06
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781351816458

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Acting Shakespeare is Outrageous! by Herb Parker Pdf

Rhymed Verse and Couplets: A Poet and Do Know It -- Sonnets -- Exercise 21: Write a Sonnet -- Prose: How We Talk -- Dag-nabbit! Shakespeare's Made-up Words -- Summary -- Act Four: Divers Schedules: A Few Items Picked Up Watching Actors Do Shakespeare -- Item 1: There is No Subtext in Shakespeare -- Item 2: There is Never a "Fourth Wall" -- Item 3: Size is About More than Being Big and Loud -- Item 4: Play What the Scene is Doing-Not Just What the Words Mean -- Item 5: Antithesis is Fighting for an Answer by Comparing Opposites -- Exercise 22: Play the Antithesis -- Item 6: Don't Report, Make a Discovery! -- Item 7: Leave Your Hands Alone -- Item 8: Speak a Soliloquy as if Your Life Depended upon It-Because It Does -- Item 9: Pretty Speeches are About Blood and Guts -- Item 10: Paint the Picture! -- Exercise 23: A Pig in Slop-with the Words -- Item 11: Shakespeare is Too Big for Film -- Item 12: All Shakespearean Characters are Philosophers and Poets -- Postscript -- Glossary: A Listing of Common Shakespearean Terminology -- Appendix: Practice Speeches for Men and Women -- Recommended Reading -- Index.

Author : Herb Parker
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-06
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781351816441

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Acting Shakespeare is Outrageous! by Herb Parker Pdf

Performing the work of William Shakespeare can be daunting to new actors. Author Herb Parker posits that his work is played easier if actors think of the plays as happening out of outrageous situations, and remember just how non-realistic and presentational Shakespeare's plays were meant to be performed. The plays are driven by language and the spoken word, and the themes and plots are absolutely out of the ordinary and fantastic - the very definition of outrageous. With exercises, improvisations, and coaching points, Acting Shakespeare is Outrageous! helps actors use the words Shakespeare wrote as a tool to perform him, and to create exciting and moving performances.

Author : Frances N. Teague
Publisher : Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0838635245

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Acting Funny by Frances N. Teague Pdf

Finally, these assumptions lead to the corollary that such hierarchies are natural and immutable and not fashioned by critics.

Author : Wesley Van Tassel
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2010-09-07
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781581158212

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Clues to Acting Shakespeare by Wesley Van Tassel Pdf

"A workhorse of a workbook!"—Library Journal. American actors, fear Shakespeare no more! Through a series of inspiring, easy-to-follow exercises, an acclaimed director and drama coach shows both students and experienced actors how to break down the verse, support the words, understand the images, and use the text to create vibrant, living performances. This popular guide—more than TK,000 copies sold—has been revised and expanded to include the unique challenges facing teachers and their students in performing Shakespeare’s works, as well as time-tested tools for overcoming these obstacles. Effective delivery, correct breathing, scansion, phrasing, structure and rhythm, caesura, and more are covered. For text analysis and character interpretation, both classical British training and American methods are explored. In addition to ongoing, long-term practice exercises, Clues to Acting Shakespeare offers a one-day brush-up section to prep actors cast to play Shakespearean roles immediately. • Long term practice exercises and quick one-day brush-ups for auditions Allworth Press, an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing, publishes a broad range of books on the visual and performing arts, with emphasis on the business of art. Our titles cover subjects such as graphic design, theater, branding, fine art, photography, interior design, writing, acting, film, how to start careers, business and legal forms, business practices, and more. While we don't aspire to publish a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are deeply committed to quality books that help creative professionals succeed and thrive. We often publish in areas overlooked by other publishers and welcome the author whose expertise can help our audience of readers.

Author : Charles Edelman
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0719035074

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Brawl Ridiculous by Charles Edelman Pdf

Paying close attention to the performance conditions in the Elizabethan theatre, Edelman (English, Edith Cowan U., Western Australia) explores how Shakespeare's many battle scenes, duels, and single combats would have been presented by his own company. He draws on the whole range of plays to argue that such scenes reinforce poetic and dramatic themes, rather than merely provide a popular spectacle for the crowd. Distributed in the US by St. Martin's Press. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Herb Parker
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2016-02-19
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781317311676

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A Monologue is an Outrageous Situation! by Herb Parker Pdf

A Monologue is an Outrageous Situation! How to Survive the 60-Second Audition explains how to successfully tackle the "cattle call" acting audition with a sixty-second monologue. Through Q&As, tips, director’s notes, and a glossary full of outrageous actions meant to inspire the actor into truly connecting with the piece, this book shows actors where and how to find a monologue, edit it, and give the best audition possible.

Author : Pauline Kiernan
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2008-10-07
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781101161401

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Filthy Shakespeare by Pauline Kiernan Pdf

Celebrating the Bard in all his bawdy glory, an eminent scholar puts the spotlight on the down-and-dirty sexual puns lurking in Shakespeare?s work. Everyone knows of his matchless understanding of the human condition, but we have been deprived for centuries of the full extent of one of Shakespeare?s most brilliant dramatic devices. Restoring the saucy, often shocking meanings that lie beneath his words, Filthy Shakespeare gives modern readers a tour of the brothels, buggery, trannies, pimps, pricks, and other tawdry references populating his best-known works. The tension between sexual wordplay and politics provides a captivating historical backdrop, while the fascinating facts about life in Will?s England make us see his masterworks in their gritty authenticity. Revealing and riotously funny, Filthy Shakespeare is the perfect gift for anyone who wants to rediscover the master of the sexual pun at his most inventive.

Author : John Russell Brown,Kevin Ewert
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780415483025

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The Routledge Companion to Actors' Shakespeare by John Russell Brown,Kevin Ewert Pdf

The Routledge Companion to Actors' Shakespeare is a window onto how today's actors contribute to the continuing life and relevance of Shakespeare's plays. The process of acting is notoriously hard to document, but this volume reaches behind famous performances to examine the actors' craft, their development and how they engage with playtexts. Each chapter relies upon privilieged access to its subject to offer an unparalleled insight into contemporary practice. This volume explores the techniques, interpretive approaches and performance styles of the following actors: Simon Russell Beale, Sinead Cusack, Judi Dench, Kate Duchene, Colm Feore, Mariah Gale, John Harrell, Greg Hicks, Rory Kinnear, Kevin Kline, Adrian Lester, Marcelo Magni, Ian McKellen, Patrice Naiambana, Vanessa Redgrave, Piotr Semak, Anthony Sher, Jonathan Slinger, Kate Valk, Harriet Walter This twin volume to The Routledge Companion to Directors' Shakespeare is an essential work for both actors and students of Shakespeare.

Author : James Henry Hackett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1863
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCAL:B3564896

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Notes and Comments Upon Certain Plays and Actors of Shakespeare by James Henry Hackett Pdf

Author : John Russell Brown
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 658 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2009-06-02
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781134146475

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The Routledge Companion to Directors' Shakespeare by John Russell Brown Pdf

The Routledge Companion to Directors' Shakespeare is a major collaborative book about plays in performance. Thirty authoritative accounts describe in illuminating detail how some of theatre’s most talented directors have brought Shakespeare’s texts to the stage. Each chapter has a revealing story to tell as it explores a new and revitalising approach to the most familiar works in the English language. A must-have work of reference for students of both Shakespeare and theatre, this book presents some of the most acclaimed productions of the last hundred years in a variety of cultural and political contexts. Each entry describes a director’s own theatrical vision, and methods of rehearsal and production. These studies chart the extraordinary feats of interpretation and innovation that have given Shakespeare’s plays enduring life in the theatre. Notable entries include: Ingmar Bergman * Peter Brook * Declan Donnellan * Tyrone Guthrie * Peter Hall * Fritz Kortner * Robert Lepage * Joan Littlewood * Ninagawa Yukio * Joseph Papp * Roger Planchon * Max Reinhardt * Giorgio Strehler * Deborah Warner * Orson Welles * Franco Zeffirelli

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0300066260

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Shakespeare's Edward III by William Shakespeare Pdf

Argues the case for naming Shakespeare as the author of "Edward III," and presents the text of the play with an introduction and notes

Author : Bill Kincaid
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2018-03-14
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781351136167

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Performing Shakespeare Unrehearsed by Bill Kincaid Pdf

Performing Shakespeare Unrehearsed: A Practical Guide to Acting and Producing Spontaneous Shakespeare outlines how Shakespeare’s plays can be performed effectively without rehearsal, if all the actors understand a set of performance guidelines and put them into practice. 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 reader with sufficient step-by-step instruction to prepare for Unrehearsed performances. This book is written for the actor and performer.

Author : John Barton
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2010-11-10
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780307773913

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Playing Shakespeare by John Barton Pdf

Playing Shakespeare is the premier guide to understanding and appreciating the mastery of the world’s greatest playwright. Together with Royal Shakespeare Company actors–among them Patrick Stewart, Judi Dench, Ian McKellen, Ben Kingsley, and David Suchet–John Barton demonstrates how to adapt Elizabethan theater for the modern stage. The director begins by explicating Shakespeare’s verse and prose, speeches and soliloquies, and naturalistic and heightened language to discover the essence of his characters. In the second section, Barton and the actors explore nuance in Shakespearean theater, from evoking irony and ambiguity and striking the delicate balance of passion and profound intellectual thought, to finding new approaches to playing Shakespeare’s most controversial creation, Shylock, from The Merchant of Venice. A practical and essential guide, Playing Shakespeare will stand for years as the authoritative favorite among actors, scholars, teachers, and students.

Author : Edel Semple,Ronan Hatfull
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2023-11-02
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781350359215

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Shakespearean Biofiction on the Contemporary Stage and Screen by Edel Semple,Ronan Hatfull Pdf

This book is the first edited collection to explore Shakespeare's life as depicted on the modern stage and screen. Focusing on the years 1998-2023, it uniquely identifies a 25-year trend for depicting Shakespeare, his family and his social circle in theatre, film and television. Interrogating Shakespeare's afterlife across stage and screen media, the volume explores continuities and changes in the form since the release of Shakespeare in Love, which it positions as the progenitor of recent Shakespearean biofictions in Anglo-American culture. It traces these developments through the 21st century, from pivotal moments such as the Shakespeare 400 celebrations in 2016, up to the quatercentenary of the publication of the First Folio, whose portrait helped make the author a globally recognisable icon. The collection takes account of recent Anglo-American socio-political, cultural and literary concerns including feminism, digital media and the biopic and superhero genres. The wide variety of works discussed range from All is True and Hamnet to Upstart Crow, Bill and even The Lego Movie. Offering insights from actors, dramatists and literary and performance scholars, it considers why artists are drawn to Shakespeare as a character and how theatre and screen media mediate his status as literary genius.

Author : Meredith Anne Skura
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0226761800

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Shakespeare the Actor and the Purposes of Playing by Meredith Anne Skura Pdf

For the Renaissance, all the world may have been a stage and all its people players, but Shakespeare was also an actor on the literal stage. Meredith Anne Skura asks what it meant to be an actor in Shakespeare's England and shows why a knowledge of actual theatrical practices is essential for understanding both Shakespeare's plays and the theatricality of everyday life in early modern England. Despite the obvious differences between our theater and Shakespeare's, sixteenth-century testimony suggests that the experience of acting has not changed much over the centuries. Beginning with a psychoanalytically informed account of acting today, Skura shows how this intense and ambivalent experience appears not only in literal references to acting in Shakespearean drama but also in recurring narrative concerns, details of language, and dramatic strategies used to engage the audience. Looking at the plays in the context of both public and private worlds outside the theater, Skura rereads the canon to identify new configurations in the plays and new ways of understanding theatrical self-consciousness in Renaissance England. Rich in theatrical, psychoanalytic, biographical, and historical insight, this book will be invaluable to students of Shakespeare and instructive to all readers interested in the dynamics of performance.