From the Book - Second edition.
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
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
