Shakespearean characterization : a guide for actors and students / / Leslie O'Dell

• Autore: O'Dell Leslie
• Pubblicazione: Westport, Conn. : , : Greenwood Press, , 2002; London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2024
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (309 p.)
• Disciplina: 792.9/5
• Soggetto topico: Acting
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-280) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- 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. ; The Humors Game -- The Humors in the Text -- THE LIMITATIONS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL REALISM -- Bibliography -- General Index -- Index of Plays and Characters -- About the Author.
• Titolo autorizzato: Shakespearean characterization
• ISBN: 979-82-16-01407-2; 1-280-70827-1; 9786610708277; 0-313-00696-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910828014003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II