| Author | : Wolfgang Clemen |
| Publisher | : Psychology Press |
| Total Pages | : 232 |
| Release | : 1987 |
| Genre | : English drama |
| ISBN | : 9780415352772 |
Twenty-seven soliloquies are examined in this work, illustrating how the spectator or reader is led to the soliloquy and how the drama is continued afterwards.
| Author | : Neil Corcoran |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 241 |
| Release | : 2018-01-25 |
| Genre | : Drama |
| ISBN | : 1474253520 |
'Now I am alone,' says Hamlet before speaking a soliloquy. But what is a Shakespearean soliloquy? How has it been understood in literary and theatrical history? How does it work in screen versions of Shakespeare? What influence has it had? Neil Corcoran offers a thorough exploration and explanation of the origin, nature, development and reception of Shakespeare's soliloquies. Divided into four parts, the book supplies the historical, dramatic and theoretical contexts necessary to understanding, offers extensive and insightful close readings of particular soliloquies and includes interviews with eight renowned Shakespearean actors providing details of the practical performance of the soliloquy. A comprehensive study of a key aspect of Shakespeare's dramatic art, this book is ideal for students and theatre-goers keen to understand the complexities and rewards of Shakespeare's unique use of the soliloquy.
| Author | : James E. Hirsh |
| Publisher | : Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press |
| Total Pages | : 474 |
| Release | : 2003 |
| Genre | : English drama |
| ISBN | : 9780838639719 |
Provides the first systematic and comprehensive account of the conventions governing soliloquies in Western drama from ancient times to the twentieth century. Over the course of theatrical history, there have been several kinds of soliloquies. Shakespeare's soliloquies are not only the most interesting and the most famous, but also the most misunderstood, and several chapters examine them in detail. The present study is based on a painstaking analysis of the actual practices of dramatists from each age of theatrical history. This investigation has uncovered evidence that refutes long-standing commonplaces about soliloquies in general, about Shakespeare's soliloquies in particular, and especially about the to be, or not to be episode. 'Shakespeare and the history of Soliloquies' casts new lights on historical changes in the artistic representation of human beings and, because representations cannot be entirely disentangled from perception, on historical changes in the ways human beings have perceived theselves.
| Author | : Rhona Silverbush |
| Publisher | : Macmillan |
| Total Pages | : 1089 |
| Release | : 2002-09-18 |
| Genre | : Drama |
| ISBN | : 0571211224 |
A detailed guide to approaching Shakespearean text, Speak the speech! contains everything an actor needs to select and prepare a Shakespeare monologue for classwork, auditions, or performance. Included herein are over 150 monologues. Each one is placed in context with a brief introduction, is carefully punctuated in the manner that best illustrates its meaning, and is painstakingly and thoroughly annotated. Each is also accompanied by commentary that will spark the actor's imagination by exploring how the interrelationship of meter and the choice of words and sounds yields clues to character and performance. And throughout the book sidebars relate historical, topical, technical, and other useful and entertaining information relevant to the text. In addition, the authors include an overview of poetic and rhetorical elements, brief synopses of all the plays, and a comprehensive index along with other guidelines that will help readers locate the perfect monologue for their needs.
| Author | : A. D. Cousins |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 289 |
| Release | : 2018-08-16 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 1107172543 |
This is the first book to provide students and scholars with a truly comprehensive guide to the early modern soliloquy.
| Author | : Michael Earley |
| Publisher | : Hal Leonard Corporation |
| Total Pages | : 286 |
| Release | : 2000-02-01 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 1476841829 |
(Applause Books). Your one-stop classical workshop! At last, over 175 of Shakespeare's finest and most performable monologues taken from all thirty-seven plays are here in two easy-to-use volumes (Men and Women). Selections travel the entire spectrum of the great dramatist's vision, from comedies, wit and romances, to tragedies, pathos and histories. Soliloquy! is an excellent and comprehensive collection of Shakespeare's speeches. Not only are the monologues wide-ranging and varied, but they are superbly annotated. Each volume is prefaced by an informative and reassuring introduction, which explains the signals and signposts by which Shakespeare helps the actor on his journey through the text. It includes a very good explanation of blank verse, with excellent examples of irregularities which are specifically related to character and acting intentions. These two books are a must for any actor in search of a 'classical' audition piece.' Elizabeth Smith, Voice Director, Juilliard
