Reading Shakespeare S Soliloquies

Author : Neil Corcoran
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2018-01-25
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781474253529

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Reading Shakespeare's Soliloquies by Neil Corcoran Pdf

'Now I am alone,' says Hamlet before speaking a soliloquy. But what is a Shakespearean soliloquy? How has it been understood in literary and theatrical history? How does it work in screen versions of Shakespeare? What influence has it had? Neil Corcoran offers a thorough exploration and explanation of the origin, nature, development and reception of Shakespeare's soliloquies. Divided into four parts, the book supplies the historical, dramatic and theoretical contexts necessary to understanding, offers extensive and insightful close readings of particular soliloquies and includes interviews with eight renowned Shakespearean actors providing details of the practical performance of the soliloquy. A comprehensive study of a key aspect of Shakespeare's dramatic art, this book is ideal for students and theatre-goers keen to understand the complexities and rewards of Shakespeare's unique use of the soliloquy.

Author : Ingeborg Boltz,Wolfgang Clemen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781135032906

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Shakespeare's Soliloquies by Ingeborg Boltz,Wolfgang Clemen Pdf

First published in 1987. Often the best known and most memorable passages in Shakespeare's plays, the soliloquies, also tend to be the focal points in the drama. Twenty-seven soliloquies are examined in this work, illustrating how the spectator or reader is led to the soliloquy and how the drama is continued afterwards. The detailed structure of each soliloquy is discussed, as well as examining them within the structure of the entire play - thereby extending the interpretation of the work as a whole.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Shakespeare's Soliloquies by Anonim Pdf

Author : Rhona Silverbush,Sami Plotkin
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 1088 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2002-09-18
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781429998499

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Speak the Speech! by Rhona Silverbush,Sami Plotkin Pdf

The most comprehensive sourcebook of Shakespeare's monologues ever available in one volume. A detailed guide to approaching Shakespearean text, Speak the Speech! contains everything an actor needs to select and prepare a Shakespeare monologue for classwork, auditions, or performance. Included herein are over 150 monologues. Each one is placed in context with a brief introduction, is carefully punctuated in the manner that best illustrates its meaning, and is painstakingly and thoroughly annotated. Each is also accompanied by commentary that will spark the actor's imagination by exploring how the interrelationship of meter and the choice of words and sounds yields clues to character and performance. And throughout the book sidebars relate historical, topical, technical, and other useful and entertaining information relevant to the text. In addition, the authors include an overview of poetic and rhetorical elements, brief synopses of all the plays, and a comprehensive index along with other guidelines that will help readers locate the perfect monologue for their needs. More than just an actor's toolkit, Speak the Speech! is also an entertaining resource that will help demystify Shakespeare's language for the student and theater lover alike.

Author : James E. Hirsh
Publisher : Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : English drama
ISBN : 0838639712

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Shakespeare and the History of Soliloquies by James E. Hirsh Pdf

Provides the first systematic and comprehensive account of the conventions governing soliloquies in Western drama from ancient times to the twentieth century. Over the course of theatrical history, there have been several kinds of soliloquies. Shakespeare's soliloquies are not only the most interesting and the most famous, but also the most misunderstood, and several chapters examine them in detail. The present study is based on a painstaking analysis of the actual practices of dramatists from each age of theatrical history. This investigation has uncovered evidence that refutes long-standing commonplaces about soliloquies in general, about Shakespeare's soliloquies in particular, and especially about the to be, or not to be episode. 'Shakespeare and the history of Soliloquies' casts new lights on historical changes in the artistic representation of human beings and, because representations cannot be entirely disentangled from perception, on historical changes in the ways human beings have perceived theselves.

Author : Marcus Nordlund
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2016-12-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781474418980

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Shakespearean Inside by Marcus Nordlund Pdf

The Shakespearean Inside is a study of all soliloquies and solo asides (dubbed "e;insides"e; for short) in Shakespeare's complete plays. The first step in the research process was the creation of the Shakespearean Inside Database (SID) where these speeches were annotated according to variables of genuine literary interest (such as act, dramatic subgenre, probable time of composition, dramatic speech acts, selected figures of speech, and character attributes such as gender and class). Such comprehensive and detailed data makes it possible to generalize dependably about Shakespeare's authorial habits, and, by extension, to identify situations where the author departs in interesting ways from his habitual practices. The monograph uses these broad patterns and significant exceptions as a backdrop for fresh interpretations of various Shakespeare plays (from early works such as The Taming of the Shrew and The Two Gentlemen of Verona to mature tragedies like Hamlet and late plays like The Tempest and The Two Noble Kinsmen).

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2000-02-01
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781476841830

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Soliloquy! by Anonim Pdf

Your one-stop classical workshop! At last, over 175 of Shakespeare's finest and most performable monologues taken from all thirty-seven plays are here in two easy-to-use volumes (Men and Women). Selections travel the entire spectrum of the great dramatist's vision, from comedies, wit and romances, to tragedies, pathos and histories.

Author : William Shakespeare,Bob Blaisdell
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780486449401

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Shakespeare's Great Soliloquies by William Shakespeare,Bob Blaisdell Pdf

This superlative collection offers timeless speeches from A Midsummer Night's Dream, Twelfth Night, Much Ado About Nothing, Macbeth, King Lear, Romeo and Juliet, Richard III, and more.

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2002-04-04
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780141928326

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To Be or Not to Be by William Shakespeare Pdf

A unique collection of Shakespeare's soliloquies, each introduced by concise and informative editorial notes. This is an edition to complement the highly successful SHAKESPEARE'S SONNETS and is published in commemoration of Shakespeare's birthday. Aperfect book for Shakespeare lovers and enthusiasts.

Author : Wolfgang Clemen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:17975908

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Shakespeare's Soliloquies by Wolfgang Clemen Pdf

Author : Jeremy Lopez
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2018-09-20
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781472581037

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The Arden Introduction to Reading Shakespeare by Jeremy Lopez Pdf

Shakespeare's plays are works of art made out of words. To read the plays closely, that is, to pay careful attention to the multiple, shifting meanings of and relationships between their words, is to gain a deep and lasting appreciation for the complex artistry of their construction and of their effects. In fourteen chapters, the book takes readers on a guided tour through some of the most productive sites in Shakespeare's plays for analysis, providing an introduction to the practice of reading Shakespeare's plays closely, and some examples of the interpretive work that such close reading can enable. Topics of analysis include verbal patterning, dramatic structure, staging and stage directions, soliloquies and character-construction and poetic meter. This is an ideal teaching text for introductory courses on Shakespeare. Offering a wide range of examples from nearly all of Shakespeare's plays, it will give students the analytical tools they need to develop sustained close readings of their own.

Author : Paul Sugarman
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2021-10-15
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781493056859

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Monologues from Shakespeare’s First Folio for Women by Paul Sugarman Pdf

Curated from the Applause three-volume series, Once More unto the Speech, Dear Friends, edited by Neil Freeman, these monologue from Shakespeare's works are given new life and purpose for today's readers and actors alike. There are twelve titles in this series, which is divided into four categories: monologues for younger men, monologues for older men, monologues for women, and monologues for any gender, the latter being a unique feature since most monologue books are compiled for either men or women. Each book is presented in a smaller format that is more consistent with standard monologue books. Titles in the series: Monologues from Shakespeare's First Folio for Any Gender: The Comedies Monologues from Shakespeare's First Folio for Any Gender: The Histories Monologues from Shakespeare's First Folio for Any Gender: The Tragedies Monologues from Shakespeare's First Folio for Women: The Comedies Monologues from Shakespeare's First Folio for Women: The Histories Monologues from Shakespeare's First Folio for Women: The Tragedies Monologues from Shakespeare's First Folio for Younger Men: The Comedies Monologues from Shakespeare's First Folio for Younger Men: The Histories Monologues from Shakespeare's First Folio for Younger Men: The Tragedies Monologues from Shakespeare's First Folio for Older Men: The Comedies Monologues from Shakespeare's First Folio for Older Men: The Histories Monologues from Shakespeare's First Folio for Older Men: The Tragedies

Author : Paul Sugarman
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10-15
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781493056811

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Monologues from Shakespeare’s First Folio for Any Gender by Paul Sugarman Pdf

Curated from the Applause three-volume series, Once More unto the Speech, Dear Friends, edited by Neil Freeman, these monologue from Shakespeare's works are given new life and purpose for today’s readers and actors alike. There are twelve titles in this series, which is divided into four categories: monologues for younger men, monologues for older men, monologues for women, and monologues for any gender, the latter being a unique feature since most monologue books are compiled for either men or women. Each book is presented in a smaller format that is more consistent with standard monologue books. Titles in the series: Monologues from Shakespeare's First Folio for Any Gender: The Comedies Monologues from Shakespeare's First Folio for Any Gender: The Histories Monologues from Shakespeare's First Folio for Any Gender: The Tragedies Monologues from Shakespeare's First Folio for Women: The Comedies Monologues from Shakespeare's First Folio for Women: The Histories Monologues from Shakespeare's First Folio for Women: The Tragedies Monologues from Shakespeare's First Folio for Younger Men: The Comedies Monologues from Shakespeare's First Folio for Younger Men: The Histories Monologues from Shakespeare's First Folio for Younger Men: The Tragedies Monologues from Shakespeare's First Folio for Older Men: The Comedies Monologues from Shakespeare's First Folio for Older Men: The Histories Monologues from Shakespeare's First Folio for Older Men: The Tragedies

Author : Mary Zenet Maher
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Drama
ISBN : 1587291363

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Modern Hamlets and Their Soliloquies by Mary Zenet Maher Pdf

In "Modern Hamlets and Their Soliloquies" (Iowa, 1992), Mary Maher examined how modern actors have chosen to perform HamletOCOs soliloquies, and why they made the choices they made, within the context of their specific productions of the play. Adding to original interviews with, among others, Derek Jacobi, David Warner, Kevin Kline, and Ben Kingsley, "Modern Hamlets and Their Soliloquies: An Expanded Edition" offers two new and insightful interviews, one with Kenneth Branagh, focusing on his 1997 film production of the play, and one with Simon Russell Beale, discussing his 2000-2001 run as Hamlet at the Royal National Theatre."

Author : Peter Milward
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Drama
ISBN : OCLC:37303698

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Shakespeare's Soliloquies by Peter Milward Pdf