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Performing Shakespeare / Oliver Ford Davies.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) PR3091 .D316 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Davies, Oliver Ford.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Dramatic production.
- Shakespeare, William.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Study and teaching.
- Acting--Study and teaching.
- Acting.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 274 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Nick Hern Books, 2007.
- Summary:
- Drawing on a lifetime's experience of playing Shakespearean roles, Oliver Ford Davies offers practical advice to actors, directors and drama students on a wide variety of scenes, characters, speeches and individual lines from almost every one of the plays.
- The three core sections of Performing Shakespeare take us through the whole process of Preparation, Rehearsal and Performance, preceded by discussions of the Elizabethan actor and Shakespeare's language.
- Also included are revealing interviews with other notable Shakespearean actors such as Judi Dench, Ian McKellen, Harriet Walter, Josette Simon, Simon Russell Beale, Barbara Jefford, Adrian Lester and Juliet Stevenson.
- Performing Shakespeare is an 'invaluable guide to those who act and to all those who wish to gain deeper insights into the performance of Shakespeare's plays'. Stanley Wells from his Foreword.
- Contents:
- 1 The Elizabethan Actor
- The Roots of Elizabethan Theatre 3
- The Actors 5
- The Theatres 7
- Repertoire, Casting and Touring 10
- Rehearsal 11
- Voice, Gesture and Accent 14
- Character and Personation 18
- Boy Players 20
- Performance 22
- 2 Shakespeare's Language
- Verse 28
- The Iambic Pentameter 30
- The Structure of the Verse 34
- Rhyme 38
- Monosyllables and Stichomythia 39
- Prose 41
- Prose into Verse 43
- Words 44
- Metaphor and Simile 46
- Assonance, Onomatopoeia and Alliteration 47
- Wordplay and Puns 48
- Doubles and Repetitions 50
- Irony, Paradox, Ambiguity and Antithesis 51
- Quarto and Folio, Punctuation and Spelling 54
- 3 Preparation
- The Text 59
- Reading the Play 60
- Lists and Structure 62
- Backstory and Omissions 64
- Function in the Play 66
- Research 67
- Preconceptions and Labels 68
- Physical Image 70
- Family Relationships 71
- Class and Money 73
- Character 74
- The Director 76
- Period and Design 79
- Memorising 81
- Voice and Sonnets 83
- 4 Rehearsal
- Language 88
- Directions in the Text 94
- Voice and Movement 96
- Shape 98
- Soliloquy 102
- The Journey 106
- Stanislavsky, Objectives and Subtext 107
- Hamlet's Advice to the Players 110
- Naturalism 113
- Ambiguity, Irony and Inconsistency 115
- Politics and Power 118
- Sex 121
- Women 123
- Comical-Tragical 127
- Clowns and Fools 129
- Supporting Parts 132
- Acting on Film 136
- Character 139
- Imagination, Energy, Interplay and Enjoyment 144
- The Director 149
- 5 Performance
- Telling the Story 155
- The Audience 158
- Imagination, Energy and Interplay 162
- Anticipation and Hindsight 165
- Pace, Pauses, Silence and Stillness 166
- The Controlled Dream 170
- Bringing It All Together 172
- 1 Two Case Studies
- Duke Vincentio in Measure for Measure 179
- Viola in Twelfth Night 197
- 2 Interviews with Actors
- Judi Dench 215
- Ian McKellen 219
- Harriet Walter 225
- Josette Simon 231
- Simon Russell Beale 235
- Barbara Jefford 242
- Adrian Lester 245
- Juliet Stevenson 250.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [262]-267) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781854597816
- 1854597817
- OCLC:
- 145747179
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