Shakespearean Verse Speaking - Text and Theatre Practice

Informationen zum Autor Abigail Rokison is Lecturer in the Faculty of Education at Cambridge University! and is Director of Studies in English and Drama with Education at Homerton College! Cambridge. Klappentext Rokison explores and challenges theatrical approaches to Shakespearean verse speaking! investigating theatrical interaction with the edited text. Zusammenfassung This book uses evidence from theatrical hand-books! performance practice and drama training to examine academic and theatrical approaches to the Shakespearean text. It includes detailed analysis of the structural properties of the verse! in particular short lines! shared lines! end-stopping and enjambment in a range of Shakespearean texts. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of figures; Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations and conventions; Introduction; 1. Current theatrical theories and practice regarding Shakespearean verse speaking; 2. Theatrical engagement with the early printed text or modern edited text and modern editorial principles of lineation and punctuation; 3. Historical evidence:documentary, anecdotal and textual; 4. Internal evidence: a study of nine Shakespearean plays; 5. The rehearsal room text; Conclusion; Appendix: rehearsal text of Measure for Measure 2.4; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Rokison Abigail, Abigail Rokison, Dr. Abigail Rokison-Woodall
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.01.2010
• EAN: 9780521764346
• ISBN: 978-0-521-76434-6
• No. of pages: 250
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Shakespeare Studies & Criticism, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean