Freeing Shakespeare's Voice: The Actor's Guide to Talking the TextPreeminent voice teacher, actor and director Kristin Linklater goes beyond the techniques in her classic text, Freeing the natural voice, to a passionate exploration of the words of William Shakespeare. Using copious examples from the canon, including chapters on Shakespeare's relevance in today's world, Linklater gives us the tools to increase understanding and to make Shakespeare's words our own. |
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Contents
Prologue | 1 |
Words and Images | 30 |
Words into Phrases | 45 |
Figures of Speech | 79 |
Stage Directions Double Meanings | 99 |
lambic Pentameter | 121 |
Rhyme | 141 |
Verse and Prose Alternation | 173 |
Todays Actor in Shakespeares World | 187 |
Which Voice? The Texts | 204 |
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Freeing Shakespeare's Voice: The Actor's Guide to Talking the Text Kristin Linklater Limited preview - 1993 |
Freeing Shakespeare's Voice: The Actor's Guide to Talking the Text Kristin Linklater No preview available - 2010 |
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| Title | Freeing Shakespeare's Voice: The Actor's Guide to Talking the Text Freeing Shakespeare's Voice: The Actor's Guide to Talking the Text, Kristin Linklater |
| Author | Kristin Linklater |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Theatre Communications Grou, 1992 |
| ISBN | 1559360313, 9781559360319 |
| Length | 214 pages |
| Subjects | › › Performing Arts / Acting & Auditioning Performing Arts / Theater / General |
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