LEADER 05088oam 2200661 a 450 001 9910957629503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9798216014072 010 $a9786610708277 010 $a9781280708275 010 $a1280708271 010 $a9780313006968 010 $a0313006962 024 7 $a10.5040/9798216014072 035 $a(CKB)111056485489490 035 $a(OCoLC)51389707 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10004895 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000245047 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11217657 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000245047 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10175983 035 $a(PQKB)10379384 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3000435 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10004895 035 $a(OCoLC)45791343 035 $a(DLC)BP9798216014072BC 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3000435 035 $a(Perlego)4202410 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056485489490 100 $a20010109e20022024 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aShakespearean characterization $ea guide for actors and students /$fLeslie O'Dell 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aWestport, Conn. :$cGreenwood Press,$d2002. 210 2$aLondon :$cBloomsbury Publishing,$d2024 215 $a1 online resource (309 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9780313311444 311 08$a0313311447 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [277]-280) and indexes. 327 $aCover -- Contents -- Preface -- AN ACTOR'S GUIDE TO SHAKESPEARE'S CHARACTERS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- CITATIONS -- QUOTATIONS -- CAPITALIZATIONS -- FIRST FOLIO ERRORS -- THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SELF -- LONG SPELLINGS -- HE OR SHE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1 Bringing Shakespeare to the Modern Stage -- AN ACTOR'S INSIGHTS -- THE DEAD HAND OF TRADITION -- LAZINESS -- ANTI-METHOD -- ROMANCE -- UNDERSTANDING WHAT YOU ARE SAYING -- BRIDGES -- 2 The Conditions of Rehearsal and Performance -- REHEARSING IN SHAKESPEARE'S GLOBE -- Training Actors in Shakespeare's Company -- Rehearsing with Sides -- 3 Theatrical Conventions -- ENACTING DEATH -- Inopportune Laughter -- SOLILOQUY AND ASIDE -- RELATIONSHIPS -- ENTRANCES AND EXITS -- SHIFTING TIME AND PLACE -- DOUBLING -- 4 The Theatrical Traditions of Personification -- PLAYING PERSONIFICATIONS -- PERSONIFICATION IN IMAGERY -- Emblems -- PSYCHOMACHIA REVISITED -- And One Man in His Time Plays Many Parts -- PERSONIFICATIONS AND ARCHETYPES -- Playing an Archetypal Relationship -- AN ACTOR WRITING FOR OTHER ACTORS -- 5 A Character's Language -- EDUCATION -- EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE -- RHYTHMIC INDICATORS -- COMPLEXITY OF THOUGHT, COMPLEXITY OF CHARACTER -- EMOTION AND RHETORIC -- PROSE VERSUS POETRY -- WIT -- 6 Moving Metaphors -- A CHARACTER'S LIFE STORY IN A WORD OR TWO -- SHAKESPEARE'S LANGUAGE OF SENSE -- Visualizing Images -- Envisioning Metaphor -- Imagery As Framework -- 7 The Power of the Word -- THE MUSIC OF THE VOICE -- The Speaking Voice -- PURPLE PASSAGES -- IRONIC DISTANCE -- ANTIPOETRY -- 8 The Fallacy of Universality -- SOCIAL HISTORY -- Hypertext -- HABITS OF MIND -- Reflections -- Elizabeth -- Prefigures -- The Famous of Athens and Rome -- Biblical Allusions -- Exploration: The Book of the Revelation -- Antithesis -- CLASS -- Honorifics -- A BAWDY PLANET -- Dirty Bits -- SILENCE -- HUMORS. 327 $aThe Humors Game -- The Humors in the Text -- THE LIMITATIONS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL REALISM -- Bibliography -- General Index -- Index of Plays and Characters -- About the Author. 330 8 $aShakespeare's plays were written some four hundred years ago, and while his characters are enduring, they are also alien. In grappling with the text of his plays, the modern actor must bring Shakespeare's Renaissance characters to life for a modern audience. And while it is difficult enough for twentieth-century spectators to make sense of the plays, it is also hard for modern actors to understand the Elizabethan world that created the personalities so vividly sketched in Shakespeare's texts. This reference is a convenient and practical guide for actors faced with the task of playing Shakespeare's characters. The volume begins with an overview of Elizabethan theatrical conventions, including the training of actors. It then looks at the dramatic tradition of personification, which Shakespeare's world inherited from the medieval stage. Later chapters give special attention to how language reveals character and to the social and cultural contexts of the Renaissance. Throughout, the emphasis is on how to translate Shakespeare's text into action on the stage. While the volume contains much useful information, that information is presented to meet the special needs of theater professionals. 606 $aActing 615 0$aActing. 676 $a792.9/5 700 $aO'Dell$b Leslie$01797763 801 0$bDLC 801 1$bDLC 801 2$bDLC 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910957629503321 996 $aShakespearean characterization$94341648 997 $aUNINA