Acting and Directing Shakespeare's Comedies

Key Lessons
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-03-222742-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 164 Seiten, Format (B × H): 126 mm x 197 mm, Gewicht: 186 g

Acting and Directing Shakespeare’s Comedies: Key Lessons outlines a clear, effective process for acting Shakespeare’s comedies.

This book lays out core principles and useful exercises that help the reader better understand, expereince, and implement Shakespeare's comedic design. Building off of modern acting methods as well as contemporary Clown, classical Commedia, and verse-speaking techniques, the author guides the reader toward interpretive and performance choices that are original, justified, and entertaining. Included are clear examples and detailed case studies that illuminate and reenforce these key lessons.

This accessible book is for actors, directors, students of Shakespeare, and those who want a fuller, richer awareness of the possibilities within Shakespeare’s comedies and a clear, pragmatic process for creating those performances.

Zielgruppe

General, Professional, and Undergraduate Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

Otos, Kevin

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft Schauspieltechnik, Theaterpädagogik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Dramen und Dramatiker
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft Theaterregie, Theaterproduktion

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword by Sean Boyd; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction and Foundations; 2. Under the Commedia Influence; 3. Misrule and Fools; 4. Lessons from the Clown World; 5. Language: Clarity, Variety, Humor; 6. Character Studies; 7. Parting Words; Appendix; Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Kevin Otos is a professor of theatre at Elon University, North Carolina where he teaches acting, Shakespeare, Commedia, and Clown. He is a professional actor and director, and co-author of Applied Meisner for the 21st-Century Actor written with his colleague, Kim Shively.