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Playing Shakespeare
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Author : John Barton
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2009-01-01
Playing Shakespeare written by John Barton and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-01 with Performing Arts categories.
John Barton is Advisory Director at the Royal Shakespeare Company and has directed some of the greatest Shakespeare productions of our time. His book, Playing Shakespeare, is a transcript of his televised workshops with some of our finest Shakespearean actors: Peggy Ashcroft, Judi Dench, Ian McKellen, Ben Kingsley, Patrick Stewart and David Suchet. This new edition contains a DVD with 80 minutes of video featuring John Barton in conversation with Judi Dench, Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart and Jane Lapotaire discussing changes in approaches to Shakespeare's text since the book first published. This edition also features a foreword by Michael Boyd. This is a highly readable approach to understanding Shakespeare's text and unlocking the hidden stage directions and actors clues that reside in his verse. As Barton explains, "when an actor becomes aware of them they will find Shakespeare himself starts to direct them."
Re Playing Shakespeare In Asia
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Author : Poonam Trivedi
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2010-01-31
Re Playing Shakespeare In Asia written by Poonam Trivedi and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-31 with Art categories.
Reviews the 'playing' of Shakespeare in which there is a re-staging and a re-writing - through adaptation, appropriation, or acculturation - of the Western Shakespeare into worlds of Asian theatre languages, considering stagings in Japan, China, India, Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Indonesia and the Philippines.
Playing Shakespeare
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Author : John Barton
language : en
Publisher: Anchor
Release Date : 2010-11-10
Playing Shakespeare written by John Barton and has been published by Anchor this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-11-10 with Performing Arts categories.
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.
Performing Shakespeare S Tragedies Today
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Author : Michael Dobson
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2006-11-30
Performing Shakespeare S Tragedies Today written by Michael Dobson and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-11-30 with Drama categories.
A collection of essays by major Shakespearean actors on playing particular roles in Shakespeare's tragedies.
On Playing Shakespeare
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Author : Leigh Woods
language : en
Publisher: Praeger
Release Date : 1991-03-30
On Playing Shakespeare written by Leigh Woods and has been published by Praeger this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991-03-30 with Performing Arts categories.
This compendium opens the stagedoor for those with little or no practical experience in acting. For actors and other theatre specialists grappling with the challenges posed by performing or staging the works of the great Bard, here is useful instruction eloquently expressed that will enrich future interpretation and performance. On Playing Shakespeare takes advantage of the long tradition of Shakespearean acting by offering a rich treasury of writings by noted actors who have essayed Shakespearean roles in the past. The perspectives of these thespians offer comprehensive exposure to the challenges of acting in Shakespeare's plays and are emblematic of theatre repertories and popular tastes from the mid-eighteenth century to World War I. Here is Ellen Terry writing on her role as Mamellius in an 1856 production of The Winter's Tale, Edwin Booth on Iago, Fanny Kemble on Lady Macbeth, and dozens of other actors who made lasting theatrical contributions with their interpretations of Shakespeare. These commentaries also bear witness to the actor's eternal struggle to get on the stage, stay on the stage, and perform Shakespearean roles to varied audiences in sometimes less-than-ideal conditions. The heart of the book, and its climax, deals with matters of interpretation, with actors' differing reactions to the same role placed side-by-side for purposes of clear contrast. The work includes photographs of John Barrymore, Sarah Bernhardt, Edwin Booth, and others in roles they discuss in the book. The volume proceeds in sequence from the sort of background and training necessary to approach Shakespeare with assurance through the performance itself and its aftermath. The first section of advice and commentary deals with Preliminaries, such as training, body and movement, voice and diction, ease and concentration, and more. This chapter includes four actors on Beginning in Shakespeare. In Getting the Part, which includes casting, Clara Morris writes on a young actress as Juliet. Writings on reading the play, memorizing, observation, research, and gesture are included in the section on Working the Part. Interpreting, rehearsing, and performing the part each receive separate sections. In Clusters of Commentary, the book's longest section, various actors comment on performing specific roles, such as eight actors on Hamlet, three actresses on Portia, and more. On Playing Shakespeare speaks to actors and directors who face the contemporary challenges of playing Shakespeare and to Shakespeareans and scholars with more general interests in the history, technique, and tradition of Shakespearean acting. A must for graduate and undergraduate courses in acting Shakespeare; courses in the history of acting; and graduate courses in nineteenth-century British and American theatre history.
Playing Shakespeare An Actor S Guide
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Author : John Barton
language : en
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Release Date : 2001-08
Playing Shakespeare An Actor S Guide written by John Barton and has been published by Turtleback Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-08 with Drama categories.
Now in its first American edition, 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.
Shakespeare
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Author : David M. Bergeron
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
Shakespeare written by David M. Bergeron and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Reference categories.
Confronted with the formidable and at times daunting mass of materials on Shakespeare, where does the beginning student - or even a seasoned one - turn for guidance? Answering that question remains the central aim of this guide.
Lippincott S Monthly Magazine
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1890
Lippincott S Monthly Magazine written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1890 with American literature categories.
The Works Of William Shakespeare
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Author : William Shakespeare
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1889
The Works Of William Shakespeare written by William Shakespeare and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1889 with categories.
The Purpose Of Playing
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Author : Louis Montrose
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 1996-06
The Purpose Of Playing written by Louis Montrose and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-06 with Drama categories.
Examines the role of Elizabethan drama in the shape of cultural belief, values, and understanding of political authority.