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Speaking in Shakespeare's voice : a guide for American actors / Linda Gates.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) PR3091 .G38 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gates, Linda, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Dramatic production--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Shakespeare, William.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Language--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
- Acting--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Acting.
- Language and languages.
- Theater.
- Genre:
- Handbooks and manuals.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 230 pages ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2019.
- Contents:
- Introduction. Shakespeare in America
- Breathing for Shakespeare's text
- Voice work for Shakespeare
- The sounds of English in Shakespeare's text
- Shakespeare's language: rhetoric
- Shakespeare's use of verse and prose
- Which text is Shakespeare's text?
- Appendix. Additional Shakespearean texts
- Men's monologues
- Women's monologues
- Two-person scenes: man and woman
- Two-person scenes: two women
- Two-person scenes: two men.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780810139909
- 0810139901
- OCLC:
- 1048940446
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