Shakespeare and Lecoq: A Practical Guide for Actors, Directors, Students and Teachers (Arden Performance Companions)

By: Dr Abigail Rokison-Woodall and Ed Woodall

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Synopsis: This book provides actors, directors, teachers and students with a clear, practical guide to applying the work of influential theatre practitioner Jacques Lecoq to the process of rehearsing or workshopping the Shakespeare text. Written by theatre practitioner Ed Woodall, who trained with Lecoq himself, and Shakespeare academic Abigail Rokison-Woodall, this guide begins with warm-ups and ensemble-building, and moves through explorations of the story, the world of the play, the text, character emotion, thought and physicality and staging. Lecoq's method often relies on 'play', and play is often seen as trivial or inconsequential. This book argues that the more playful you are, the more playfully you investigate your speech or scene and the more physically motivated that playfulness is, the more vital and lifelike your acting of Shakespeare will be.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781350244115
Related ISBNs:: 9781350244092
Publisher:: Bloomsbury Publishing
Date of Addition:: 05/15/24
Copyrighted By:: Ed Woodall and Abigail Rokison-Woodall
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Entertainment, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Literature and Fiction, Drama, Plays and Theater, Language Arts
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.