How to Direct Shakespeare

ISBN-13: 9781350231245 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 224 str.

Adrian Noble; Jim Volz

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Acknowledgements and thanks List of Illustrations Introduction Chapter 1: You Chapter 2: Him Chapter 3: The Director and the text Part 1: The World (Who’s Who) Part 2: Reading the Play Part 3: Analysing the Play Part 4: Entering Shakespeare’s World Chapter 4: Awayday One; Dramatic Energy (How does he do it?) 1: Apposition 2: Metaphor 3: Metre and Pulse 4: Line Endings 5: Word Play 6: Vocabulary 7: Shape and Structure Chapter 5: Let’s Design it! The Eye To Start: 1: Wall of Ideas 2: Read the Play 3: Analyse 4: Brainstorm The Model A Methodology Space The mechanics Floors Entrances Axes Walls The Skeleton of the Play The Journey and two Casebooks Playtime “In the Round” Thrust Technology (How to get from A to B) Colour, Texture and Decoration Storyboard Show and Tell Costume and the Actor Working with Lighting Designers Chapter 6: Design (The Ear) Music and Sound Chapter 7: Casting the Play 1. The Actor’s World 2. Do I Cast the Part or the Actor? 3. The Process 4. Putting it Together Chapter 8: Awayday Two: Stanislavski and Actioning Chapter 9: To Cut or Not to Cut Length Shape Choice of Edition Chapter 10: The Rehearsal Plan The Traditional Way Basic Aims of Rehearsal Making a Plan Chapter 11: Rehearsing the Play; the Beginning The Rehearsal Room Stage Management An Approach to Day One of Rehearsals Chapter 12: Awayday Three: Improvisation 1. Building a Company 2. Building a Character 3. Developing Relationships and Exploring the World of the Play 4. Exploring Scenes and Situations without using the text Chapter 13: Rehearsing the Play: End of the Beginning Work on Language Work on Character Chapter 14: Rehearsing the Play: Middle Aims for Middle Section of Rehearsals Examples from Romeo and Juliet “The Tank” Blocking Blocking Large Scale Scenes Second Pass at Scenes What to do if your Actors get Inhibited or Stuck Chapter 15: Rehearsing the Play: End First Run Through: How does it Work? How to give your Notes Second and Third Run Throughs Preparing for the Theatre Chapter 16: The “Tech”, “Dress”, Previews and Opening 1. The Tech; How to set up a Tech and how to run a Tech 2. The Dress 3. Curtain Calls 4. Previews 5. Opening Index