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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... Language. 3. Voice culture. 4. Acting. I. Title. PR3091.L56 1991 822.33—dc20 91-23801 CIP Design and composition by G&H/SOHO, Ltd. First Edition, April 1992 Printing, 20 Seventh February 10 I dedicate this book to my son Hamish, my mother.
... Language. 3. Voice culture. 4. Acting. I. Title. PR3091.L56 1991 822.33—dc20 91-23801 CIP Design and composition by G&H/SOHO, Ltd. First Edition, April 1992 Printing, 20 Seventh February 10 I dedicate this book to my son Hamish, my mother.
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The Actor's Guide to Talking the Text Kristin Linklater. I dedicate this book to my son Hamish, my mother Marjorie, and to the memory of my father Eric. <> COntents <> Prologue Introduction THE CONTENT: LANGUAGE Chapter One:
The Actor's Guide to Talking the Text Kristin Linklater. I dedicate this book to my son Hamish, my mother Marjorie, and to the memory of my father Eric. <> COntents <> Prologue Introduction THE CONTENT: LANGUAGE Chapter One:
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... LANGUAGE Chapter One: Vowels and Consonants Chapter Two: Words and Images Chapter Three: Words into Phrases Chapter Four: Organically, Cosmically and Etymologically Speaking Chapter Five: Figures of Speech Interlude: Stage Directions ...
... LANGUAGE Chapter One: Vowels and Consonants Chapter Two: Words and Images Chapter Three: Words into Phrases Chapter Four: Organically, Cosmically and Etymologically Speaking Chapter Five: Figures of Speech Interlude: Stage Directions ...
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... language which s/he may not find elsewhere, but the information on verse-speaking, rhetoric, Elizabethan language structures and Shakespearean worduse can be found in many other places. The wealth of information is such that no one ...
... language which s/he may not find elsewhere, but the information on verse-speaking, rhetoric, Elizabethan language structures and Shakespearean worduse can be found in many other places. The wealth of information is such that no one ...
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... Language (Stanford University Press), many of Frances A. Yates's books, but in particular Theatre of the World (Routledge & K. Paul) and Paul Fussell's inspiring Poetic Meter and Poetic Form (Random House). I am most recently grateful ...
... Language (Stanford University Press), many of Frances A. Yates's books, but in particular Theatre of the World (Routledge & K. Paul) and Paul Fussell's inspiring Poetic Meter and Poetic Form (Random House). I am most recently grateful ...
Contents
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3 | |
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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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