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Freeing Shakespeare's Voice : Actor's Guide to Talking the Text
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Linklater, Kristin.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Dramatic production.
- Shakespeare, William.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Language.
- Acting.
- Voice culture.
- Local Subjects:
- Acting.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Dramatic production.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Language.
- Voice culture.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (225 p.)
- Other Title:
- Freeing Shakespeare''s Voice
- Freeing Shakespeare's Voice
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Theatre Communications Group, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- A passionate exploration of the process of comprehending and speaking the words of William Shakespeare. Detailing exercises and analyzing characters' speech and rhythms, Linklater provides the tools to increase understanding and make Shakespeare's words one's own.
- Contents:
- Contents; Prologue; Introduction; THE CONTENT: Language; 1. Vowels and Consonants; 2. Words and Images; 3. Words Into Phrases; 4. Organically, Cosmically, and Etymologically Speaking; 5. Figures of Speech; INTERLUDE: Stage Directions - Double Meanings - Bawdry - Thee's Thou's and You's; THE FORM: Verse and Prose; 6. The Iambic Pentameter; 7. Rhyme; 8. Line-endings; 9. Verse and Prose Alternation; THE CONTEXTURE; 10. Today's Actor in Shakespeare's World; 11. Shakespeare's Voice in Today's World; 12. Which Voice? The Texts; 13. Whose Voice? The Man
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781559366380
- 1559366389
- OCLC:
- 794327841
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