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Playing Shakespeare / John Barton ; with a foreword by Trevor Nunn.
Publication details: London : Methuen Drama, 2009.Description: ix, 212 p. ; 24 cm. + 1 videodisc (DVD : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.)ISBN:- 0713687738
- 9780713687736
- PR3091 .B37 2009
Contents:
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.
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Non-fiction | Main Collection | PR 3091 .B37 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | See the DVD attached | 5194693 |
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.
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