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Secrets of Acting Shakespeare: The Original Approach - Softcover

Tucker, Patrick

 
9781138678521: Secrets of Acting Shakespeare: The Original Approach
Softcover
ISBN 10: 113867852X ISBN 13: 9781138678521
Publisher: Routledge, 2016

Synopsis

Secrets of Acting Shakespeare isn’t a book that gently instructs. It is a passionate, yes-you-can guide designed to prove that anybody can act Shakespeare.

Patrick Tucker’s classic manual encourages trained and amateur actors alike to look to the original practices of the Elizabethan theatre for inspiration. He explores the ‘cue scripts’ used by actors, who knew only their own lines, to demonstrate the extraordinary way that these plays work by ear.

This updated second edition includes:

  • A section dedicated to the modes of address 'thee‘ and 'you‘

  • A brand new chapter on Original Practices and cue scripts

  • An expanded genealogical chart, showing the interrelations of 92 different characters from the history plays

  • A new discussion of Elizabethan acting spaces – balconies, gates, ramparts and even backstage areas

Secrets of Acting Shakespeare is a must-read for actors intrigued by the ‘Original Approach’ to acting Shakespeare, or for anyone curious about how the Elizabethan theater worked.

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About the Author

Patrick Tucker is Director of London’s Original Shakespeare Company. He is on the Globe Council of Shakespeare’s Globe, London.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2016
Language
English
ISBN 10 
113867852X
ISBN 13 
9781138678521
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
2
Number of pages
394