Shakespearean Verse Speaking: Text and Theatre Practice - Softcover

Rokison, Abigail

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1107404037 ISBN 13: 9781107404038

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2011

Synopsis

This book uses evidence from theatrical hand-books, performance practice and drama training to provide a synthesis of academic and theatrical approaches to the Shakespearean text. Abigail Rokison's work combines scholarship with practical exploration in the rehearsal room. In looking at theatrical interaction with early printed and modern edited texts, Rokison investigates the potential impact of editorial principles of lineation and punctuation on theatrical delivery. The book alerts editors to ways in which actors may interpret editorial emendations, and theatre practitioners to diverse authorial, editorial and compositional methods. It contains suggestions for a 'theatrical text' which makes clear the metrical structure of a scene whilst also indicating areas of ambiguous lineation. Providing a fresh perspective on Renaissance actors' parts, the book includes detailed analysis of the structural properties of the verse, in particular short lines, shared lines, end-stopping and enjambment in a range of Shakespearean texts.

About this title

Book Description

This book uses evidence from theatrical hand-books, performance practice and drama training to examine academic and theatrical approaches to the Shakespearean text. It includes detailed analysis of the structural properties of the verse, in particular short lines, shared lines, end-stopping and enjambment in a range of Shakespearean texts.

About the Author

Abigail Rokison is Lecturer in the Faculty of Education at Cambridge University, and is Director of Studies in English and Drama with Education at Homerton College, Cambridge.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1107404037
• ISBN 13: 9781107404038
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 250