Cracking Shakespeare
eBook - PDF

Cracking Shakespeare

A Hands-on Guide for Actors and Directors + Video

  1. 192 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Cracking Shakespeare

A Hands-on Guide for Actors and Directors + Video

About this book

Cracking Shakespeare serves to demystify the process of speaking Shakespeare's language, offering hands-on techniques for drama students, young actors and directors who are intimidated by rehearsing, performing and directing Shakespeare's plays.
For some artists approaching Shakespeare, the ability to capture the dynamic movement of thought from mind to mouth, and the paradox of using the formality of verse to express a realistic form of speech, can seem daunting. Cracking Shakespeare includes practical techniques and exercises to solve this dilemma – including supporting online video which demonstrate how to embody Shakespeare's characters in rehearsal and performance – offering a toolkit that will free actors and directors from their fear of Shakespeare.
The result of thirty years of acting, teaching and directing Shakespeare, Kelly Hunter's Cracking Shakespeare is the ideal textbook for actors and directors looking for new ways to approach Shakespeare's plays in a hands-on, down-to-earth style.

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Table of contents

  1. FC
  2. Half title
  3. About the Author
  4. Title
  5. Copyright
  6. Quote
  7. Contents
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. Introduction
  10. Part One Rhythm, Sound and S tructure
  11. 1 Rhythm
  12. 2 Sound
  13. 3 The emotional alphabet
  14. 4 Structure: When do I breathe?
  15. Part Two Words, words, words
  16. 5 Keywords
  17. 6 Rhetoric
  18. 7 Prose and verse
  19. 8 Putting it all together: Soliloquys
  20. 9 Putting it all together: Scenes
  21. Part Three Games to play in rehearsal
  22. 10 Games of the mind’s eye: Soliloquys
  23. 11 Games of the mind’s eye: Scenes
  24. 12 Rehearsal techniques
  25. 13 Run-throughs
  26. Exercise Videos
  27. Index