The Shakespeare Toolkit A Nuts-And-Bolts Approach to Speaking Shakespeare |
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| Author:
| Rose, Brian A. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4786-4877-2 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2022 |
| Publisher: | Waveland Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $18.95 |
Book Description:
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Brian Rose has condensed decades of acting and teaching Shakespeare into a set of tools to increase actors' confidence in playing characters more truthfully. The Toolkit begins by treating verse-dialogue as sentences - finding the common ground between daily speech and Shakespeare's carefully crafted language. By seeing the verse as sentences embodying thoughts, the actor is freer to speak them as if they were their own. They become less alien as verse and less intimidating than when...
More DescriptionBrian Rose has condensed decades of acting and teaching Shakespeare into a set of tools to increase actors' confidence in playing characters more truthfully. The Toolkit begins by treating verse-dialogue as sentences - finding the common ground between daily speech and Shakespeare's carefully crafted language. By seeing the verse as sentences embodying thoughts, the actor is freer to speak them as if they were their own. They become less alien as verse and less intimidating than when tagged as "Shakespeare."