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Acting from Shakespeare's First Folio
Acting from Shakespeare's First Folio
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Last copy!
Author: Don Weingust Publisher: Routlege Format: Softcover # of Pages: 226 Pub. Date: 2007 ISBN-10: 0415979161 ISBN-13: 9780415979160
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About the Book:
HARD TO FIND BOOK, only a very limited number of copies are still
available.
Acting from Shakespeare's
First Folio examines a series of techniques for
reading and performing Shakespeare's plays that are based on the
texts of the first ‘complete’ volume of Shakespeare's works: the
First Folio of 1623.
Do extra syllables in a line suggest how it might be played? Can
Folio commas reveal character? Don Weingust places this work
on Folio performance possibility within current understandings about
Shakespearean text, describing ways in which these challenging
theories about acting often align quite nicely with the work of the
theories' critics.
As part of this study, Don Weingust looks at the work of
Patrick Tucker and his London-based Original Shakespeare Company, who
have sought to discover the opportunities in using First Folio texts,
acting techniques, and what they consider to be original
Shakespearean performance methodologies. Don Weingust argues
that their experimental performances at the Globe on Bankside have
revealed enhanced possibilities not only for performing Shakespeare,
but for theatrical practice in general.
What people say:
"Acting
from Shakespeare's First Folio is essential reading for anyone
interested in the transmission of his plays from the 17th to the 21st
century and the problem of staging "authentic"
performances." — British Theatre Guide About the Author:
Don Weingust is director of
Shakespeare Studies and an associate professor of theatre at the
Center for Shakespeare Studies of Southern Utah University and the
Utah Shakespeare Festival, where he is also a dramaturg. A
professional actor, he trained with the legendary Stella Adler, and
has performed extensively, including Off-Broadway and in regional
repertory theatre. A Berkeley-trained PhD, he is the author of Acting
from Shakespeare's First Folio: Theory, Text and Performance.
He has written a number of articles including for Shakespeare, the
journal of the British Shakespeare Association, the Folger
Shakespeare Library, and the Cambridge Guide to the Worlds of
Shakespeare.
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