| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
lviii, 1028 pages ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Summary |
A detailed guide to approaching Shakespearean text, Speak the speech! contains everything an actor needs to select and prepare a Shakespeare monologue for classwork, auditions, or performance. Included herein are over 150 monologues. Each one is placed in context with a brief introduction, is carefully punctuated in the manner that best illustrates its meaning, and is painstakingly and thoroughly annotated. Each is also accompanied by commentary that will spark the actor's imagination by exploring how the interrelationship of meter and the choice of words and sounds yields clues to character and performance. And throughout the book sidebars relate historical, topical, technical, and other useful and entertaining information relevant to the text. In addition, the authors include an overview of poetic and rhetorical elements, brief synopses of all the plays, and a comprehensive index along with other guidelines that will help readers locate the perfect monologue for their needs. |
| Contents |
King John -- Richard II -- Henry IV, part one -- Henry IV, part two -- Henry V -- Henry VI, part one -- Henry VI, part two -- Henry VI, part three -- Richard III -- Henry VIII -- As you like it -- The comedy of errors -- Love's labour's lost -- The merchant of Venice -- The merry wives of Windsor -- A midsummer night's dream -- Much ado about nothing -- The taming of the shrew -- Twelfth night -- The two gentlemen of Verona -- All's well that ends well -- Measure for measure -- Troilus and Cressida -- Antony and Cleopatra -- Coriolanus -- Hamlet -- Julius Caesar -- King Lear -- Macbeth -- Othello -- Romeo and Juliet -- Timon of Athens -- Titus Andronicus -- Cymbeline -- Pericles -- The tempest -- The winter's tale. |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Dramatic production.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Quotations.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Language.
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Monologues.
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Acting.
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| Added Author |
Plotkin, Sami, 1966-
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| ISBN |
0571211224 paperback alkaline paper |
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9780571211227 paperback alkaline paper |
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