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1 online resource (225 pages) |
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text file |
| Contents |
Prologue; Introduction; THE CONTENT: Language; 1. Vowels and Consonants; 2. Words and Images; 3. Words Into Phrases; 4. Organically, Cosmically, and Etymologically Speaking; 5. Figures of Speech; INTERLUDE: Stage Directions -- Double Meanings -- Bawdry -- Thee's Thou's and You's; THE FORM: Verse and Prose; 6. The Iambic Pentameter; 7. Rhyme; 8. Line-endings; 9. Verse and Prose Alternation; THE CONTEXTURE; 10. Today's Actor in Shakespeare's World; 11. Shakespeare's Voice in Today's World; 12. Which Voice? The Texts; 13. Whose Voice? The Man. |
| Summary |
A 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Dramatic production.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. |
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Language.
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Voice culture.
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Voice culture. |
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Acting.
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Acting. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Linklater, Kristin. Freeing Shakespeare's Voice : The Actor's Guide to Talking the Text. New York : Theatre Communications Group, ©2012 9781559360319 |
| ISBN |
9781559366380 electronic book |
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1559366389 electronic book |
| Music No. |
EB00645855 Recorded Books |
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