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Title: Playing Shakespeare : An Actor's Guide by John Barton ISBN: 0-385-72085-8 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 21 August, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Peeking Under the Words
Comment: Though not an actor in the general sense of the word, as a teacher I often act a part in class to initiate attempts from my students. Hence, I am a frequent reader of the available works purporting to an understanding of Shakespeare's plays and the intents of the characters.
So it is with some experience that I award this book the five stars; it is simply the best unmasking of Shakespeare's characters and intentions that I've come across; and, because the reader must imagine adjustments players make to the author's suggestions as they work through the lines, it engages the reader actively in the interpretation of scenes from chosen works.
If you want to penetrate further into the work of this towering genius who somehow knew so much about the human condition, read this work. I cannot recommend it more entirely.
Rating: 5
Summary: How can this book be out of print!?
Comment: Barton's careful method and artful writing combine to create a powerful primer on the actor's responsibilities to the text, the character, and the play. This is a must-have-must-read for anyone preparing for the profession.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Wonderful Introduction For Actors and Non-Actors Alike
Comment: John Bardon, with the assistance of the players from the Royal Shakespeare Company, presents with great zest and humor not merely the mechanics of speaking the verse of Shakespeare, but the sense of the Style of Shakespeare and the Elizabethan Age. The actors demonstrate all of the means by which they have discovered the characters they portray and make their own, and their great fortune in the legacy of the RSC. They have absorbed with passion and insight the very beings of another time. I wish, when I was a young actor, that I had had John Bardon as a teacher of verse drama. It took me years to find anyone who could teach me the basic, uncomplicated approach to verse I found in this book. May I just add, I also saw the London Weekend Television production on which the book is based and it was magical. The book reinforces my memory of the living actors, most of whom are favorites of mine who I have seen in all types of productions. However, it is not necessary to have seen that program to appreciate and learn from the book. Highly, highly recommended.
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Title: Freeing Shakespeare's Voice: The Actor's Guide to Talking the Text by Kristin Linklater ISBN: 1559360313 Publisher: Theatre Communications Group Pub. Date: April, 1992 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: The Actor and the Text by Cicely Berry ISBN: 1557831386 Publisher: Applause Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary: A Complete Dictionary of All the English Words, Phrases, and Constructions in the Works of the Poet (Volume I) by Alexander Schmidt ISBN: 048622726X Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 01 June, 1971 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Clues to Acting Shakespeare: Skills Clarified for the Actor, Student, and Reader by Wesley Van Tassel ISBN: 1581150539 Publisher: Allworth Press Pub. Date: 15 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Speaking Shakespeare by Patsy Rodenburg ISBN: 0312294204 Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Pub. Date: 17 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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