THIS BOOK HAS FIVE PARTS:
1. For
Actors in Training: Acting Shakespeare
This Section is
designed for college classes or independent workshops and includes a complete
study of ten basic skills required to play Shakespeare's language
truthfully. This section is designed
for a training period of twenty to thirty weeks meeting four to eight hours per
week. Actors may also use this material
to self-teach.
2. A Demonstration of Teaching and Learning Skills
Part 2 is the diary of a workshop in which the author teaches the skills. A group of ten actors participate in the fourty-hour, twenty-session workshop. Their questions are included, along with the author's teaching strategy.
3. For
Secondary Schools: Reading Shakespeare Aloud
In part 3, some
of the skills from part 1 are condensed for high school English or drama
teachers and their students and are also useful for reading groups.
4. For Professional Actors and Coaches: The One-Day Brush Up
For the actor
preparing an audition or a role—or the coach or director brushing up—part 4 is
a quick review of four essential skills.
5. Resources
A collection of
exercises, an annotated list of selected successful and not-so-successful film
and video performances, a bibliography of some excellent books, a glossary of
terms, and the index.