Secrets of Acting Shakespeare
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Secrets of Acting Shakespeare isn’t a book that gently instructs. It is a passionate, yes-you-can guide designed to prove that anybody can act Shakespeare.
Patrick Tucker’s classic manual encourages trained and amateur actors alike to look to the original practices of the Elizabethan theatre for inspiration. He explores the ‘cue scripts’ used by actors, who knew only their own lines, to demonstrate the extraordinary way that these plays work by ear.
This updated second edition includes:
- A section dedicated to the modes of address 'thee‘ and 'you‘
- A brand new chapter on Original Practices and cue scripts
- An expanded genealogical chart, showing the interrelations of 92 different characters from the history plays
- A new discussion of Elizabethan acting spaces – balconies, gates, ramparts and even backstage areas
Secrets of Acting Shakespeare is a must-read for actors intrigued by the ‘Original Approach’ to acting Shakespeare, or for anyone curious about how the Elizabethan theater worked.
CONTENTS
Preface to the Second Edition
Introduction
Chapter 1 The 30 Secrets
Chapter 2 The Research
Starting Off
Rehearsals
Preparations in Shakespeare’s Time
The Platt of The Seven Deadlie Sinnes
Parts Played in One Afternoon
Chapter 3 The Evidence
The Tomb Scene from Romeo and Juliet
Rosalind, Celia – and the Duke
Viola, the Captaine – and the Saylors
Original Elizabethan Language
Chapter 4 The Experiment
Chapter 5 The Performances
Chapter 6 The First Folio
Heminge and Condell’s Introduction to the First Folio
The Folio Secrets
Chapter 7 Original Practices
The Platt of England’s Joy
Modern Original Practices
Actors’ Responses
Chapter 8 Understanding through acting
The Acting Shakespeare Checklist
Chapter 9 The Secrets Expanded and Explained
Chapter 10 The Plays and the Clues
Epilogue
Appendix 1 Folio Examples:
Romeo and his Starres
The five letters in The Merchant of Venice
Appendix 2 Platts:
As He Liked It (Haymarket, London)
A Midsommer Nights Dreame (Neuss, Germany)
The Merchant of Venice (Neuss, Germany)
As you Like it (Toronto, Canada)
A Midsommer Nights Dreame (Sydney, Australia)
As you Like it (Globe, London)
King John (Globe, London)
The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Jerash, Jordan)
Cymbeline (Globe, London)
Romeo and Juliet (Jerash, Jordan)
Appendix 3 Genealogical Tables:
The Wars of the Roses Notes
The Wars of the Roses Table
The Wars of the Roses Dates
The Plantagenets Notes
The Plantagenets Table
The Scottish Kings Notes
The Scottish Kings Table
The Scottish Kings Dates
Bibliography
Index of Shakespeare’s Plays and Characters
General Index
Biography
