Acting Shakespeare is Outrageous!

Name: Acting Shakespeare is Outrageous!
Brand: Taylor & Francis
SKU: 9780415790444
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Playing the Bard for Beginners

By Herb Parker

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Herb Parker's Acting Shakespeare is Outrageous! offers a refreshing approach to performing Shakespeare's works, encouraging actors to embrace the fantastical and presenting the plays as lively and exaggerated scenarios. Emphasising the power of language and the theatricality inherent in Shakespeare's writing, the book provides practical exercises, improvisations, and coaching tips to help actors unlock the spirit and energy needed for compelling performances.
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This book is ideal for actors and drama students seeking new methods to engage with Shakespeare's plays, particularly those who find classical theatre intimidating. It's also useful for drama teachers and directors aiming to inspire dynamic performances.

Performing the work of William Shakespeare can be daunting to new actors. Driven by language, the themes and plots are out of the ordinary - the very definition of outrageous. With exercises, improvisations, and coaching points, Parker helps actors use the words Shakespeare wrote as a tool to perform him.

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Performing the work of William Shakespeare can be daunting to new actors. Author Herb Parker posits that his work is played easier if actors think of the plays as happening out of outrageous situations, and remember just how non-realistic and presentational Shakespeare's plays were meant to be performed.

The plays are driven by language and the spoken word, and the themes and plots are absolutely out of the ordinary and fantastic—the very definition of outrageous.

With exercises, improvisations, and coaching points, Acting Shakespeare is Outrageous! helps actors use the words Shakespeare wrote as a tool to perform him, and to create exciting and moving performances.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780415790444

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 23 June 2017

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Illustration: 2 Halftones, black and white

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 208g

Pages: 222

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About the Author

Herb Parker is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication and Performance, Theatre and Dance, with East Tennessee State University. Directing credits at ETSU include Othello, Race, The Trojan Women, Six Characters in Search of an Author (KCACTF "Excellence in Directing" Meritorious Achievement Award), Caesar 2012 (his adaptation of Julius Caesar), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, As You Like It, Hamlet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (KCACTF "Excellence in Directing" Meritorious Achievement Award) and Little Shop of Horrors (also a KCACTF "Excellence in Directing" Meritorious Achievement Award recipient). Professor Parker is a long-time member of the Actors Equity Association. He is the author of A Monologue is an Outrageous Situation! How to Survive the 60-Second Audition, published by Focal Press in 2016.