Playing Shakespeare /
Barton, John, 1928-
Playing Shakespeare / John Barton ; with a foreword by Trevor Nunn. - London : Methuen Drama, 2009. - ix, 212 p. ; 24 cm. + 1 videodisc (DVD : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.)
Includes index.
The two traditions: Elizabethan and modern acting -- Using the verse: heightened and naturalistic verse -- Language and character: making the words one's own -- Using the prose: why does Shakespeare use prose? -- Set speeches and soliloquies: taking the audience with you -- Using the sonnets: going over some old ground -- Irony and ambiguity: text that isn't what it seems -- Passion and coolness: a question of balance -- Rehearsing the text: Orsino and Viola -- Exploring a character: playing Shylock -- Contemporary Shakespeare: a discussion -- Poetry and hidden poetry: three kinds of failure.
0713687738 9780713687736
2009675323
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 --Dramatic production.
PR3091 / .B37 2009
Playing Shakespeare / John Barton ; with a foreword by Trevor Nunn. - London : Methuen Drama, 2009. - ix, 212 p. ; 24 cm. + 1 videodisc (DVD : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.)
Includes index.
The two traditions: Elizabethan and modern acting -- Using the verse: heightened and naturalistic verse -- Language and character: making the words one's own -- Using the prose: why does Shakespeare use prose? -- Set speeches and soliloquies: taking the audience with you -- Using the sonnets: going over some old ground -- Irony and ambiguity: text that isn't what it seems -- Passion and coolness: a question of balance -- Rehearsing the text: Orsino and Viola -- Exploring a character: playing Shylock -- Contemporary Shakespeare: a discussion -- Poetry and hidden poetry: three kinds of failure.
0713687738 9780713687736
2009675323
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 --Dramatic production.
PR3091 / .B37 2009