Secrets of Acting Shakespeare: The Original Approach

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Psychology Press, 2002 - Performing Arts - 296 pages
Secrets of Acting Shakespeare isn't a book that gently instructs. It's a passionate, yes-you-can designed to prove that anybody can act Shakespeare. By explaining how Elizabethan actors had only their own lines and not entire playscripts, Patrick Tucker shows how much these plays work by ear. Secrets of Acting Shakespeare is a book for actors trained and amateur, as well as for anyone curious about how the Elizabethan theater worked.

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Contents

THE RESEARCH
3
THE EVIDENCE
17
THE EXPERIMENT
37
THE PERFORMANCES
43
ACTORS RESPONSES
189
THE SECRETS
197
THE FOLIO
223
THE FOLIO SECRETS
229
UNDERSTANDING THROUGH ACTING
257
EPILOGUE
269
FOLIO AND QUARTO VERSIONS OF ROMEO
277
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About the author (2002)

Patrick Tucker is Director of London's Original Shakespeare Company. He is on the board of the Globe Theatre, London.

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