Freeing Shakespeare's Voice: The Actor's Guide to Talking the Text
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Book Overview
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... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1559360313
ISBN13:9781559360319
Release Date:January 1993
Publisher:Theatre Communications Group
Length:224 Pages
Weight:0.80 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.4" x 9.2"
Customer Reviews
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How to take your Shakespeare to the next level
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
In one of the most eloquent handbooks I've ever had the pleasure to peruse, Kristin Linklater guides you through a rich and expertly constructed path designed to help you give your voice to Shakespeare's text. For her, the body and the voice are one: an instrument that needs each part to work. To speak the speech, you start with how it sounds - the open vowels and clear consonants each bring a unique bodily sensation. Then you progress to what it actually means - the content, the "emotional", the life - and later bring this to poetic form. Ms.L insists you also understand Th' Elizabethans and their take on life - her explanations always held me rapt. Her methods are direct; each chapter builds upon the one that came before. However, this shouldn't mean the structure is rigid: there's lots of room for your experiments. This book is one of my best purchases.
Absolute necessary for the Shakespearean Scholar
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
The master teacher Kristin Linklater has written a user-friendly, brilliant book on her approach to Shakespeare's language. Anyone interested in reading or performing Shakespeare shouldn't be without it.
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