Acting Shakespeare is outrageous! : playing the bard for beginners / Herb Parker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Parker, Herb, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Shakespeare, William.

Acting.

Theater.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 volume)

Edition:

1st edition

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2023.

Place of Publication:

Waltham, Massachusetts : Focal Press, 2017.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Performing the work of William Shakespeare can be daunting to new actors. Author Herb Parker posits that his work is played easier if actors think of the plays as happening out of outrageous situations, and remember just how non-realistic and presentational Shakespeare's plays were meant to be performed. The plays are driven by language and the spoken word, and the themes and plots are absolutely out of the ordinary and fantastic - the very definition ofoutrageous>. With exercises, improvisations, and coaching points,Acting Shakespeare is Outrageous!> helps actors use the words Shakespeare wrote as a tool to perform him, and to create exciting and moving performances.

Contents:

chapter Prologue: What You Most Affect

chapter Act One: Shaksper Your BFF

chapter Act Two: Holding Up Mirrors

chapter Act Three: Words, Words, Words!

chapter Act Four: Divers Schedules: A Few Items Picked Up Watching Actors Do Shakespeare

chapter Postscript

chapter Glossary: A Listing of Common Shakespearean Terminology

chapter Appendix: Practice Speeches for Men and Women

chapter Recommended Reading.

Notes:

"A Focal Press book"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781351816441

1351816446

9781351816458

1351816454

9781315212692

1315212692

OCLC:

994223024