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27%OFFKristin Linklater - Freeing Shakespeare's Voice - 9781848420830 - V9781848420830
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Freeing Shakespeare's Voice

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Description for Freeing Shakespeare's Voice Paperback. Taking many of the techniques explored in "Freeing the Natural Voice", this title shows how to apply them to the speaking of Shakespeare's language. It analyses Shakespeare's strategies for creating character, story and meaning through figures of speech, iambic pentameter, rhyme and the alternation of verse and prose. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: ANC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 344.

A practical approach to breaking through the barriers of restraint and incomprehension when faced with Shakespeare.

Taking many of the techniques explored in her international bestseller Freeing The Natural Voice, in this companion volume Kristin Linklater shows how to apply them to the exploration and speaking of Shakespeare’s language.

Beginning with exercises designed to break long-held habits and allow an emotional rather than intellectual relationship to Elizabethan language, she analyses Shakespeare's strategies for creating character, story and meaning through figures of speech, iambic pentameter, rhyme and the alternation of verse and prose. Using copious examples from the plays, ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848420830
SKU
V9781848420830
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About Kristin Linklater
Kristin Linklater worked as a voice coach at the Royal Shakespeare Company before moving to the US. She has worked with many theatres and theatre groups, including the original theatre at Lincoln Center, the Guthrie Theater, the Negro Ensemble Company, the Open Theater and Shakespeare & Company.

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