The Shakespeare Workbook and Video
provides a unifying approach to acting Shakespeare that is immediately applicable in the rehearsal room or classroom.
It is an easy-to-use text providing practical exercises in specific aspects of Shakespeare's language such as meter, imagery, rhetoric and sound play. In each of these areas, it takes the reader through three steps:
Speak the Text
,
Question the Text
and
Act the Text
.
Online video material provides an insight into the acting process and shows the authors teaching a workshop in their method for acting Shakespeare to a group of young actors.
is
the
go-to textbook for a practical exploration of Shakespeare's canon.