Acting in Shakespeare - Hardcover

Cohen, Robert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0874849519 ISBN 13: 9780874849516

Publisher: Mayfield Publishing Co ,U.S., 1991

Synopsis

Acting in Shakespeare helps acting students at all levels develop Shakespearean acting skills.

About this title

About the Author:

Robert Cohen is the chairman of the drama department at the University of California, Irvine. He received his doctor of fine arts degree from the Yale University School of Drama. Cohen is an acclaimed Shakespearean director, whose stagings are regularly seen at college and theater conservatories here and abroad.

From the Inside Flap:

Acting in Shakespeare helps actors at all levels develop the skills they need to perform in Shakespearean plays. Lessons and exercises - appropriate for both classroom and individual study - proceed in carefully graduated steps, from simple, single lines to short speeches, to more difficult, sophisticated scenes. A wealth of historical information and insightful descriptions of Shakespearean times and players bring Shakespeare's work within the actor's reach.reviews for the first edition of ACTING IN SHAKESPEARE "Cohen's analyses . . . are perceptive and well articulated; . . . Cohen helps students apply his lessons: I can't imagine a group of students not being enthralled by Cohen's ingenious concept. . . . Acting in Shakespeare is so readily accessible and full of such "do-able" exercises that it should be a staple of period style classes for years to come." Theatre Journal "Practical instructions for dramatizing Shakespeare's scripts for a contemporary audience . . . how to decipher unfamiliar Shakespearean words and expressions, how to analyze and illuminate character, and, ultimately, how to convey the characters' emotions to the audience so that a bonding occurs. . . . The reader's comprehension and appreciation is enriched . . . and Cohen's text becomes an excellent basic guide for anyone who likes to get behind the scenes, be it the actor who performs or the student who studies Shakespeare's script as a literary text." The Shakespeare Newsletter "Acting In Shakespeare . . . exhibits a good understanding of Shakespeare's drama . . ." Richard Hornby, The End of Acting Robert Cohen is the Claire Trevor Professor of Drama at the University of California, Irvine. He has directed 21 Shakespearean productions, mostly at the Utah and Colorado Shakespeare Festivals, and has written many books on acting and theater, including Acting One, Acting Power, Acting Professionally and Theatre.

About this edition

• Publisher: Mayfield Publishing Co ,U.S.
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0874849519
• ISBN 13: 9780874849516
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 230