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<p><P>A major new look at the art and process of Shakespeare for actors.</p> <h3>Library Journal</h3> <p>A sign once seen in a black box experimental theater space says it all: "Life is easy; Shakespeare is hard." Any actor, acting student, or director given the challenge of approaching a Shakespearean role, monolog, or play is acutely aware of the truth of that seemingly flippant statement. Hall, the great sultan of Shakespeare for the past 50 years, helps actors approach and understand the unique language and performance demands of the Bard's plays. Founder of the Royal Shakespeare Company and former director of the Royal National Theatre, Hall has written nothing short of a magnum opus. Assembled here are the techniques, insights, and wisdom accrued through his decades of work on hundreds of landmark productions with the leading actors of several generations, so that they may be passed on as part of a "living tradition." Arranged in three parts, the text focuses on the technical structure of Shakespeare's language, covering such areas as blank verse, scansion, line structure, prose, and rhetorical devices. Part 2 includes a detailed and wonderfully revelatory analysis of 20 sign

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Author

Hall, Peter, 1930-2017.

Publisher

Theatre Communications Group, 2003.

Published

2003

Language

EN

ISBN

9781559362344

Category

reference

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Reference

Rating

4.34 / 5 (44 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14