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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Intro; Title page; Contents; Dedication; FOREWORD by Stanley Wells; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1 THE ELIZABETHAN ACTOR; The Roots of Elizabethan Theatre; The Actors; The Theatres; Repertoire, Casting and Touring; Rehearsal; Voice, Gesture and Accent; Character and Personation; Boy Players; Performance; 2 SHAKESPEARE'S LANGUAGE; Introduction; Verse; The Iambic Pentameter; The Structure of the Verse; Rhyme; Monosyllables and Stichomythia; Prose; Prose into Verse; Words; Metaphor and Simile; Assonance, Onomatopoeia and Alliteration; Wordplay and Puns; Doubles and Repetitions

Irony, Paradox, Ambiguity and AntithesisQuarto and Folio, Punctuation and Spelling; 3 PREPARATION; The Text; Reading the Play; Lists and Structure; Backstory and Omissions; Function in the Play; Research; Preconceptions and Labels; Physical Image; Family Relationships; Class and Money; Character; The Director; Period and Design; Memorising; Voice and Sonnets; 4 REHEARSAL; Language; Directions in the Text; Voice and Movement; Shape; Soliloquy; The Journey; Stanislavsky, Objectives and Subtext; Hamlet's Advice to the Players; Naturalism; Ambiguity, Irony and Inconsistency; Politics and Power

Juliet StevensonNOTES ON SOURCES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; About the Author; Copyright

SexWomen; Comical-Tragical; Clowns and Fools; Supporting Parts; Acting on Film; Character; Imagination, Energy, Interplay and Enjoyment; The Director; Conclusion; 5 PERFORMANCE; Telling the Story; The Audience; Imagination, Energy and Interplay; Anticipation and Hindsight; Pace, Pauses, Silence and Stillness; The Controlled Dream; Bringing It All Together; APPENDIXES; 1 TWO CASE STUDIES; Duke Vincentio in Measure for Measure; Viola in Twelfth Night; 2 INTERVIEWS WITH ACTORS; Judi Dench; Ian McKellen; Harriet Walter; Josette Simon; Simon Russell Beale; Barbara Jefford; Adrian Lester

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