Ed Woodall, Abigail Rokison-Woodall

Shakespeare and Lecoq (eBook, PDF)

A Practical Guide for Actors, Directors, Students and Teachers

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Mai 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781350244108
• Artikelnr.: 70707546

Autorenporträt

Ed Woodall is an acting coach and movement director. He trained with Jacques Lecoq at the École Jacques Lecoq between 1989-91 and has worked in physical theatre with Complicité, Improbable and Kneehigh as well as acting in a number of films and RSC productions of Shakespeare.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1. Warm-Ups Chapter 2. Building an Ensemble Chapter 3. Exploring
the Story Chapter 4. Exploring the World of Play Chapter 5. Exploring the
World of Text Chapter 6. Character 1 - Exploring Character, Emotion and
Thought Chapter 7. Character 2 - Exploring Character Physicality Chapter 8.
Character 3 - Exploring Character Types Chapter 9. Laughter and Play
Chapter 10. Staging the Plays Index