Freeing Shakespeare's Voice: The Actor's Guide to Talking the TextA 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. |
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... lives above it. The basis of all my work is the belief that voice and language belong to the whole body rather than the head alone and that the function of the voice is to reveal the self. This book, in consequence, has a more ambitious ...
... lives above it. The basis of all my work is the belief that voice and language belong to the whole body rather than the head alone and that the function of the voice is to reveal the self. This book, in consequence, has a more ambitious ...
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... accurate. The resultant tone is flat and undifferentiated. A richer, more varied range of sounds may be suspect. The reference points of “truth” are made by the culture we live in. Yet we know more than we say. A crowd of Introduction .5.
... accurate. The resultant tone is flat and undifferentiated. A richer, more varied range of sounds may be suspect. The reference points of “truth” are made by the culture we live in. Yet we know more than we say. A crowd of Introduction .5.
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... live theatre is first and foremost a verbal art form. Until actors realize that their voices are integral to the creative process they will never arrive at the core of their art. My book, Freeing the Natural Voice—a practical basic ...
... live theatre is first and foremost a verbal art form. Until actors realize that their voices are integral to the creative process they will never arrive at the core of their art. My book, Freeing the Natural Voice—a practical basic ...
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... live in a universe made of sound and light waves, there might be a reunion between the body and the brain and the world around us. The neuro-physiological pathways connecting words with the sensory apparatus of the body and with nature ...
... live in a universe made of sound and light waves, there might be a reunion between the body and the brain and the world around us. The neuro-physiological pathways connecting words with the sensory apparatus of the body and with nature ...
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... LIVE FOR EVER2 Close eyes—“MORTALITY” FEEL THE CONSONANTS. Close eyes—“MORTALITY” POWER Close eyes—“POWER” WHERE DO YOU FEEL IT IN YOUR BODY2 Close eyes—“POWER” WHAT MAKES YOU FEEL POWERFUL2 Close eyes—“POWER” ARE OTHER PEOPLE MORE ...
... LIVE FOR EVER2 Close eyes—“MORTALITY” FEEL THE CONSONANTS. Close eyes—“MORTALITY” POWER Close eyes—“POWER” WHERE DO YOU FEEL IT IN YOUR BODY2 Close eyes—“POWER” WHAT MAKES YOU FEEL POWERFUL2 Close eyes—“POWER” ARE OTHER PEOPLE MORE ...
Contents
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3 Words Into Phrases | 45 |
4 Organically Cosmically and Etymologically Speaking | 57 |
5 Figures of Speech | 79 |
6 The Iambic Pentameter | 121 |
7 Rhyme | 141 |
8 Lineendings | 153 |
9 Verse and Prose Alternation | 173 |
THE CONTEXTURE | 183 |
10 Todays Actor in Shakespeares World | 187 |
11 Shakespeares Voice in Todays World | 193 |
12 Which Voice? The Texts | 204 |
Stage Directions Double Meanings Bawdry Thees Thous and Yous | 99 |
Verse and Prose | 119 |
13 Whose Voice? The Man | 209 |
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Freeing Shakespeare's Voice: The Actor's Guide to Talking the Text Kristin Linklater Limited preview - 1992 |
Freeing Shakespeare's Voice: The Actor's Guide to Talking the Text Kristin Linklater No preview available - 2010 |
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