Essential Shakespeare- Text Analysis And Scansion

Essential Shakespeare (Part 1: Text Analysis and Scansion / Part 2: Performing the Text)

Date                                                    Monday, February 1 and Monday, February 8, 2010

Time                                                   6:00–9:00pm

Total Class Time                               6 total hours over 2 different Sunday afternoons

Instructor                                           Lane Davies

Maximum Participants                      20

Cost                                                    $55 for both sessions; $35 for session 1 only

This actor’s workshop consists of some of the elements essential to the appreciation and performance of Shakespeare’s plays. Subjects covered include scansion—the basics of blank verse; tricks of the trade—insights and techniques for the clever actor; voice production and breathing; research—historical, geographical, personal, and mythological; vocabulary and etymology; imagery, ideation, and characterization; pithy observations on Shakespeare and his theatre. The second session will give the actors an opportunity to prepare selected Shakespearean material using techniques learned in the first session.

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Listed: Monday, August 24th, 2009