Freeing Shakespeare's Voice: The Actor's Guide to Talking the TextA passionate exploration of the process of comprehending and speaking the words of William Shakespeare. Detailing exercises and analyzing characters' speech and rhythms, Linklater provides the tools to increase understanding and make Shakespeare's words one's own. |
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... inner voices whispers, “What will they think of you?” “You'll never make it.” “Stupid!”“Am I getting it right?” “They're all better (cleverer, prettier, more handsome, more talented, etc.) than me.” But, muted through disuse, another ...
... inner voices whispers, “What will they think of you?” “You'll never make it.” “Stupid!”“Am I getting it right?” “They're all better (cleverer, prettier, more handsome, more talented, etc.) than me.” But, muted through disuse, another ...
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... inner self and it is your inner self that desires communication and needs a language sufficient for its most complex expression. If you have remained Vowels and Consonants 25.
... inner self and it is your inner self that desires communication and needs a language sufficient for its most complex expression. If you have remained Vowels and Consonants 25.
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... inner states and emotional responses to outer events. To speak poetry, words must be plugged in to the inner condition, generating energy on a vertical path running between mind and heart. They must then be allowed to flow out, fully ...
... inner states and emotional responses to outer events. To speak poetry, words must be plugged in to the inner condition, generating energy on a vertical path running between mind and heart. They must then be allowed to flow out, fully ...
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... inner drama to be revealed directly and transparently through the medium of the words. Conflicting images creating conflicting emotions will "act" you and, to a large extent, the genius of the originator of the language will make ...
... inner drama to be revealed directly and transparently through the medium of the words. Conflicting images creating conflicting emotions will "act" you and, to a large extent, the genius of the originator of the language will make ...
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... inner content. It is the word made flesh rather than the word as symbol. The word/image/sound/action exercises that follow may be thought of as the process of painting a picture. Each word is a different brush stroke; several brush ...
... inner content. It is the word made flesh rather than the word as symbol. The word/image/sound/action exercises that follow may be thought of as the process of painting a picture. Each word is a different brush stroke; several brush ...
Contents
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3 Words Into Phrases | 45 |
4 Organically Cosmically and Etymologically Speaking | 57 |
5 Figures of Speech | 79 |
6 The Iambic Pentameter | 121 |
7 Rhyme | 141 |
8 Lineendings | 153 |
9 Verse and Prose Alternation | 173 |
THE CONTEXTURE | 183 |
10 Todays Actor in Shakespeares World | 187 |
11 Shakespeares Voice in Todays World | 193 |
12 Which Voice? The Texts | 204 |
Stage Directions Double Meanings Bawdry Thees Thous and Yous | 99 |
Verse and Prose | 119 |
13 Whose Voice? The Man | 209 |
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Freeing Shakespeare's Voice: The Actor's Guide to Talking the Text Kristin Linklater Limited preview - 1992 |
Freeing Shakespeare's Voice: The Actor's Guide to Talking the Text Kristin Linklater No preview available - 2010 |
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