Cracking Shakespeare: A Hands-on Guide for Actors and Directors + Video

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Cracking Shakespeare serves to demystify the process of speaking Shakespeare’s language, offering hands-on techniques for drama students, young actors and directors who are intimidated by rehearsing, performing and directing Shakespeare’s plays. For some artists approaching Shakespeare, the ability to capture the dynamic movement of thought from mind to mouth, and the paradox of using the formality of verse to express a realistic form of speech, can seem daunting. Cracking Shakespeare includes practical techniques and exercises to solve this dilemma – including supporting online video which demonstrate how to embody Shakespeare’s characters in rehearsal and performance – offering a toolkit that will free actors and directors from their fear of Shakespeare. The result of thirty years of acting, teaching and directing Shakespeare, Kelly Hunter’s Cracking Shakespeare is the ideal textbook for actors and directors looking for new ways to approach Shakespeare’s plays in a hands-on, down-to-earth style. FC Half title About the Author Title Copyright Quote Contents Acknowledgements Introduction Part One Rhythm, Sound and S
tructure 1 Rhythm 2 Sound 3 The emotional alphabet 4 Structure: When do I breathe? Part Two Words, words, words 5 Keywords 6 Rhetoric 7 Prose and verse 8 Putting it all together: Soliloquys 9 Putting it all together: Scenes Part Three Games to play in rehearsal 10 Games of the mind’s eye: Soliloquys 11 Games of the mind’s eye: Scenes 12 Rehearsal techniques 13 Run-throughs Exercise Videos Index