Shakespeare's advice to the players / Peter Hall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hall, Peter, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Shakespeare, William.

Drama--Technique.

Drama.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Oberon Books, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is the ebook edition of Peter Hall's best-selling guide to acting Shakespeare that has sold over 10,000 copies. This is a new edition for a new generation - compact and concise with the facts, the way modern students and actors need it. The pay off the book according to Sir Peter is simple - it will make you a better actor!Shakespeare tells the actor when to go fast and when to go slow; when to pause, when to come in on cue and when to accent a word. His text is full of such clues. Shakespeare heard the lines as he wrote them. Shakespeare's Advice to the Players makes wa

Contents:

Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Dedication page; Acknowledgements; Part One; Prologue; Shakespeare's Advice to the Players; Blank Verse; Improvisation; The Text; The Sanctity of the Line; Verse; The Structure of the Line; The Caesura; Monosyllables; Pauses; Rhyme; Prose; Rhetorical devices; Metaphor and Simile; Antithesis; Alliteration; Assonance and Onomatopoeia; Paradox; Puns; Hyperbole; Personification; Pronunciation; Bawdy; The Actor's work on himself; Telling; Part Two Analyses of twenty key speeches from Shakespeare; Part Three On a Personal Note

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781849433556

1849433550

OCLC:

870601017