How to Speak Shakespeare

By Cal Pritner and Louis Colaianni

Book Overview

In How to Speak Shakespeare, authors Cal Pritner and Louis Colaianni teach readers how to make sound and sense out of the Bard. Their methods have taught thousands of people--from high school students to English literature and theater arts graduate students, from beginning actors to professional actors--how to understand and effectively communicate the poetry of Shakespeare.

In order to make the book user-friendly, the authors have organized it around passages from Romeo and Juliet. The material has been tested successfully with high school students, graduate students, amateur actors, and professional actors. The authors' teaching method is essentially a simple three step process: Test Your Understanding, Stress for Meaning, and Celebrate the Poetry. Classroom and rehearsal-tested exercises are included along with additional background on Shakespeare and his work.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1891661183
• ISBN13: 9781891661181
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: Santa Monica Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Very good stuff

This is a fantastic book for beginners who want to get initiated into the world of Shakespeare and how to speak his beautiful language. The book mainly uses the prologue and other parts of "Romeo and Juliet" as a guide, so don't expect to nail Richard III's opening monologue after reading this ...for 3 months. But, you will have the tools to break dialogue and soliloquies down, and you'll have fun doing it.