Secrets of acting Shakespeare : the original approach / Patrick Tucker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tucker, Patrick, 1941-

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Dramatic production.

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Acting.

Physical Description:

viii, 296 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2002.

Summary:

Secrets of Acting Shakespeare is a passionate and witty guide that proves anybody can act Shakespeare. Patrick Tucker shows how these plays work by ear and encourages actors to perform like the Elizabethan actors who had only their own lines and not entire play scripts. Beyond that, he argues for care and attention to the First Folio text of Shakespeare's plays, where actors may find important verbal clues to better understand what lines mean and how to say them. This is an indispensable book for actors trained and amateur, as well as for anyone curious about how the Elizabethan theater worked.

Contents:

The Question 1

The Research 3

Starting Off 3

Rehearsals 4

Preparations in Shakespeare's Time 6

Parts Played in One Afternoon 16

The Evidence 17

The Tomb Scene from The Tragedie of Romeo and Juliet 17

Rosalind, Celia

and the Duke 24

Viola, the Captaine

and the Saylors 28

Original Elizabethan Language 30

The Experiment 37

Geiger 37

Cue Script Productions 37

The Performances 43

Actors' Responses 189

The Secrets 197

Prose and Poetry 197

Simple and Complex 201

Modes of Address 203

Iambic Pentameters 207

Lineage 211

Verbal Conceits 212

Obedience to the Text 218

The Folio 223

The Folio Secrets 229

Folio Capitalization 232

Folio Lineage 236

Folio Punctuation 240

Folio Spelling 250

Understanding Through Acting 257

The Osc Checklist 259

Appendix 1 Genealogical Table from Henry II to Edward III 271

Appendix 2 Genealogical Table from Edward III to James I 273

Appendix 3 Folio and Quarto versions of Romeo 277.

Notes:

"A Theatre Arts book."

Includes bibliographical references (pages [279]-280) and index.

ISBN:

0878301488

0878300953

OCLC:

46640620