Actors on Guard
eBook - ePub

Actors on Guard

A Practical Guide for the Use of the Rapier and Dagger for Stage and Screen

  1. 450 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Actors on Guard

A Practical Guide for the Use of the Rapier and Dagger for Stage and Screen

About this book

Actors on Guard is the most comprehensive and detailed book on the art of theatrical swordplay available today. It provides the reader with the historical, theoretical and practical basis for learning, practicing and presenting theatrical sword fights. Focusing specifically on the Elizabethan rapier and dagger (the most popular weapons used in stage fights), Actors on Guard provides actors, directors, teachers, stage managers and technicians the skills and knowledge essential to presenting safe and effective fights, both for stage and screen.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2014
Print ISBN
9780878300570, 9780878300570
eBook ISBN
9781135858131
Edition
1
Topic
Media & Performing Arts
Subtopic
Theatre

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Table of Contents
  6. Preface
  7. Table of Plates
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. Prologue
  10. 1. Safety First!: Practical Training Techniques for the Stage Combatant
  11. 2. The Sword and the Stage: An Introduction to the Theatrical Rapier
  12. 3. Stance and Footwork: Patterns of the Lower Body
  13. 4. Getting the Feel of Steel: Holding and Handling the Rapier
  14. 5. The Guards of the Single Rapier
  15. 6. The Parries of the Single Rapier
  16. 7. The Offensive Actions of the Single Rapier: Cut and Thrust
  17. 8. Crossing Swords: Offensive and Defensive Interaction
  18. 9. Further Techniques of the Theatrical Swashbuckler
  19. 10. Evasive Actions
  20. 11. Attacking the Blade: Beats, Pressures and Pris d’Fer
  21. 12. Deceptions and False Play: Simple and Compound Attacks of the Rapier
  22. 13. Closes and Gripes: Techniques for Close Quarter Combat
  23. 14. Coming to the Point: Wounds and Kills with the Edge and Point
  24. 15. Adding the Dagger
  25. 16. The Guards of the Rapier and Dagger
  26. 17. The Parries of the Rapier and Dagger
  27. 18. Offensive Actions of the Dagger
  28. 19. Setting the Fight: Two Routines of Staged Conflict
  29. 20. Acting Tough!: Selling the Illusion of Stage Conflict
  30. 21. Fighting Through the Production: Rehearsing and Running the Fight
  31. Epilogue: Closing Notes
  32. Appendix A: Societies of Stage Combat
  33. Appendix B: Swordcutlers & Suppliers of Theatrical Swords
  34. Appendix C: Maintaining the Weapon
  35. Appendix D: The Language of Swordplay—A glossary
  36. Bibliography