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050 4 _aPR3091.D38 2007
082 0 4 _a792.9
100 1 _aDavies, Oliver Ford.
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245 1 0 _aPerforming Shakespeare :
_bPreparation, Rehearsal, Performance.
260 _aNew York :
_bNick Hern Books,
_c2019.
300 _a1 online resource (217 pages)
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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501 _aP.B
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aIntro; 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
505 8 _aIrony, 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
505 8 _aJuliet StevensonNOTES ON SOURCES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; About the Author; Copyright
505 8 _aSexWomen; 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
588 0 _aPrint version record.
600 1 0 _aShakespeare, William,
_d1564-1616
_xDramatic production.
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600 1 7 _aShakespeare, William,
_d1564-1616.
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650 0 _aShakespearean actors and actresses
_xPerformances.
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650 7 _aTheater.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
700 1 _aWells, Stanley.
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776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aDavies, Oliver Ford.
_tPerforming Shakespeare : Preparation, Rehearsal, Performance.
_dNew York : Nick Hern Books, ©2019
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