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'A workhorse of a workbook!'Library Journal. American actors, fear Shakespeare no more! Through a series of inspiring, easy-to-follow exercises, an acclaimed director and drama coach shows both students and experienced actors how to break down the verse, support the words, understand the images, and use the text to create vibrant, living performances. This popular guidemore than TK,000 copies soldhas been revised and expanded to include the unique challenges facing teachers and their students in performing Shakespeare's works, as well as time-tested tools for overcoming these obstacles. Effective delivery, correct breathing, scansion, phrasing, structure and rhythm, caesura, and more are covered. For text analysis and character interpretation, both classical British training and American methods are explored. In addition to ongoing, long-term practice exercises, Clues to Acting Shakespeare offers a one-day brush-up section to prep actors cast to play Shakespearean roles immediately. Long term practice exercises and quick one-day brush-ups for auditionsAllworth Press, an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing, publishes a broad range of books on the visual and performing arts, with emp
- Author
- Wesley Van Tassel
- Publisher
- New York: Allworth Press
- Published
- 2006
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781581154641
- Subjects
- Performing Arts, History, Drama
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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