From the Book - Second edition.
Where are we? The work --
Preparing the equipment --
Delivery. Presence : the three circles of energy --
Form. The givens : serving the text. The word --
Alliteration, assonance, onomatopoeia --
Pauses and irregularities of rhythm --
The thought and the structuring of thoughts --
The structure of scenes --
Stage directions, props, entrances and exits --
Final thoughts on form and the givens --
The imaginative. The imaginative exploration of the text --
Owning the text from the character's experience --
The speeches. Richard III, Act I Scene ii - Lady Anne --
Julius Caesar, Act III Scene i - Antony --
Measure for Measure, Act III Scene i - Claudio --
King Lear, Act I Scene iii - Goneril --
King Lear, Act II Scene iii - Edgar --
As You Like It, Act III Scene v - Rosalind --
Much Ado About Nothing, Act II Scene iii - Benedick --
The Merchant of Venice, Act III Scene i - Shylock --
Othello, Act II Scene I - Iago --
Henry V, Act II Scene iii - The Hostess --
The Winter's Tale, Act IV Scene iv - Autolycus --
Macbeth, Act II Scene ii - Lady Macbeth and Macbeth --
Twelfth Night, Act I Scene v - Viola, Olivia and Maria --
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act II Scene i - Oberon and Puck --
Antony and Cleopatra, Act II Scene ii - Enobarbus and Agrippa --
Coriolanus, Act I Scene iv - Coriolanus --
Cymbeline, Act II Scene v - Posthumus --
King John, Act III Scene iv - Constance, King Phillip and Pandulph --
Working on a whole play. Not just Shakespeare --
