Clues to Acting Shakespeare

Index

A

accent, 6-7

acting

character development, 5, 44-45, 165-68, 231-32

coaching, 76-174

indulgence, 44-45

line support, 29-37, 178-80, 235-38

objectives, 5, 12, 47-49, 156-59, 161-62

playing your action, 12-13, 44-45, 47-49, 156, 161, 231-32

playing a feeling, 44-46

realistic, 2-5, 104-05, 123, 218-19

subtext, 44-49, 123-25

Alexandrine, 264

alliteration, 264

ambiguity, 264

analysis, the text, 64-69, 143-46

anapest, 264

anomaly, 264

antithesis, 56-63, 137-140, 228-34, 264

auditions, 218

B

Barton, John, xvii, 6, 257

BBC (Shakespeare Video Series), 257

Berry, Cicely, xvii, 257

Bevington, David, 66-67

blank verse, 13-18, 82-88, 176-86

Booth, Steven, 66-68, 135

Branagh, Kenneth, 41, 117, 251-53, 256

breathing, 38-43, 107, 111-12, 114-15, 117-19, 142, 178-85, 239-44

C

caesura, 19, 20-28, 100

Chimes at Midnight (Falstaff), 258

couplets (rhymed), 17

D

dactyl, 264

E

elision, 14-15, 88-89, 132, 206-07, 264

enjambed lines, 18

exercises, 29-37, 38-43, 70-75

F

feminine ending, 14-15, 88, 188, 265

First Folio, 135, 204

G

Guthrie, Tyrone, 39

H

Hall, Peter, 8-9

heightened text, xv, 6-7, 41-42, 177, 240-41

I

iamb, 13, 179, 265

iambic pentameter, 13, 179, 265

imagery, 70-75, 148-55, 265

irony, 52, 26

irregular line,14-15, 223

K

Kerrigan, John, 67-78, 135

kick the box, 29-37, 101-03, 178-79

M

metaphor, 265

meter and rhythm, 13-14, 53-54, 136

Miller, Arthur, 136

monologues, 77-78, 208-17

O

onomatopoeia, 265

Oxford English Dictionary, 65, 79, 110, 132, 135

oxymoron, 265

P

phrasing, 20-28, 120-23, 142, 182-83, 225-226

Poor Yorik Bookstore, 259

pronouns, 232

prose, 36-37

pyrrhic, 265

R

regular line, 13-14

rhetorical question, 170

S

Saint Crispin, 41

sarcasm, 17-28, 179-83

scansion, 17-28, 85-90, 104, 109, 179-83

Shakespeare , William,

All's Well That Ends Well, 213, 257

Antony and Cleopatra, 258

As You Like It, 209, 256

Chimes at Midnight, 258

Comedy of Errors, The, 212, 258

Hamlet, 52-53, 209-10,251-52

Henry IV, Part 1, 214, 225-26, 258

Henry IV, Part 2, 214, 258

Henry V, 41-42, 210, 252

Henry VI, Part 1, 93-94, 213, 258

Henry VI, Part 2, 213, 258

Henry VI, Part 3, 90-91, 213-14, 258

Julius Caesar, 210, 255

King Lear, 214, 254

Love's Labor's Lost, 213, 258

Macbeth, 96-97, 210-211, 253-54

Measure for Measure, 90, 213, 258

Merchant of Venice, The, 46-47, 213, 257

Midsummer Night's Dream, A, 98, 211, 255-56

Much Ado About Nothing, 213, 256

Othello, 97-98, 214, 253

Richard II, 258

Richard III, 24, 253

Romeo and Juliet, 211-12, 252

Taming of the Shrew, The, 93, 212, 255

Tempest, The, 215, 258

Titus Andronicus, 258

Troilus and Cressida, 258

Twelfth Night, 91-92, 212, 256

Two Gentlemen of Verona, 94-95, 212-13, 258

Winter's Tale, The, 215, 258

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales, 258

Shakespeare in Love, 258

Shakespeare Lexicon, The, 65

Shaw, George Bernard, 40

short or shared lines, 16-17, 144

simile, 265

sonnets, 50, 64-69

speech structure, 50-55

spondee, 265

T

tempo, 53-54

thought, 20-37

transition, 130, 142

trochee, 85-90, 136

V

Vendler, Helen, 135

videos and films annotated

Acting Shakespeare (McKellen/CBS), 258

All’s Well That Ends Well (Reed/Baker), 257

As You Like It (Maxwell/Gillies), 256-257

Chrimes at Midnight (Falstaff) (Welles), 258

Hamlet, (Branagh) 251; (Gibson) 251; (Kline) 251-52; (Olivier) 252

Henry V, (Branagh) 253; (Olivier) 252

Julius Caesar (Brando/Mason), 255; (Heston/Gielgud) 255

King Lear (Holm), 254; (Jarvet, Russian) 254; (Olivier) 254; (Ran, Japanese) 254; (Scofield) 254

Macbeth (Finch), 254; (McKellen) 253; (Throne of Blood-Japanese) 254; (Welles) 254

Merchant of Venice, The, (Olivier) 257

Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (Hall/RSC), 256; (Kline) 255; (Noble/RSC) 256

Much Ado About Nothing (Branagh/ Thompson), 253; (Widdoes/ Waterston) 253

Othello (Fishbume/Branagh), 253; (Olivier) 253

Playing Shakespeare (RSC/Barton), 257

Prospero’s Books (Gielgud), 258

Richard III {McKellen). 253: {Olivier) 253: (Pacino) 253

Romeo and Juliet (DiCaprio), 252; (Hussey) 252

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (Random House, 6 videos), 258

Shakespeare in Love (Finnes/Paltrow), 258

Taming of the Shrew, The (Burton/faylor), 255; (Cariou) 255; (Singer/ACT) 255

Twelfth Night (Hunt), 256; (Kingsley/BBC) 256

Wars of the Roses, The (ESC), 258

Working Shakespeare Video Library, The (Young/Berry), 257

W

whispering, 41

worksheets, 187-207