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Shakespearean Rhetoric - A Practical Guide for Actors, Directors, Students and Teachers

English · Hardback

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Zusatztext Benet’s passion, knowledge and curiosity is contagious, and his ability to clearly transmit the origins and influences of Shakespeare’s imagination to performance and artistic process could have a profound impact on both the individual actor and classical technique as a whole. Informationen zum Autor Benet Brandreth Q.C. is a barrister and an award-winning performer and expert on rhetoric and Shakespeare's use of language. For over twelve years he has taught the principles and practical application of rhetoric to actors, directors and students at the RSC, the Donmar Warehouse and RADA. Vorwort A practical guide to Shakespeare's rhetoric to help theatre practitioners unlock character and meaning in their performance. Zusammenfassung Classical Rhetoric, the art of persuasion, formed the sum and substance of Shakespeare’s education and was the basis of his understanding of the power of language and how it worked to move, delight and teach. Rhetoric, which seeks to explain the way that language works to influence others, provides a powerful, transformative tool for approaching text in performance. This book helps you understand the key concepts of rhetoric. It gives clear explanations, stripped of jargon, and examples of rhetorical technique in the plays. It also provides engaging, practical exercises to unlock character and to identify themes in the plays through the lens of rhetoric. Academically rigorous, based on more than a decade of practical experience in the use of rhetoric in drama at the highest level, it is an ideal companion for anyone engaging with Shakespeare in performance. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction2. A Brief History of Classical Rhetoric3. Shakespeare’s Approach to Rhetoric4. What is Rhetoric?5. Invention: Ethos, Pathos and Logos6. Disposition 6. Invention and Disposition in the Rehearsal Room7. Style8. Rhetorical Techniques and Tropes: Indicators of Mental State9. Rhetorical Techniques and Tropes: Indicators of Theme and Structure10. Style in the Rehearsal Room11. Rhetoric in Hamlet, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Romeo and Juliet, Twelfth Night, Othello and Macbeth NotesIndex...

List of contents

1. Introduction
2. A Brief History of Classical Rhetoric
3. Shakespeare’s Approach to Rhetoric
4. What is Rhetoric?
5. Invention: Ethos, Pathos and Logos
6. Disposition
6. Invention and Disposition in the Rehearsal Room
7. Style
8. Rhetorical Techniques and Tropes: Indicators of Mental State
9. Rhetorical Techniques and Tropes: Indicators of Theme and Structure
10. Style in the Rehearsal Room
11. Rhetoric in Hamlet, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Romeo and Juliet, Twelfth Night, Othello and Macbeth
Notes
Index

Product details

Authors Benet Brandreth
Assisted by Michael Dobson (Editor), Abigail Rokison-Woodall (Editor)
Publisher Arden shakespeare
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 22.04.2021
 
EAN 9781350087972
ISBN 978-1-350-08797-2
No. of pages 264
Series The Arden Shakespeare
Arden Performance Editions
Arden Performance Companions
Subject Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet

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