SECTION ONE: STORY SENSE: The other time and place

Choosing a speech

Setting the scene

Implicit scenes

Playing all the parts: characterization and indirect quotes

Gesture

Movement

Space

SECTION TWO: SOUND SENSE: Onomatopoeia

Rhythm

SECTION THREE: SHAPE SENSE: Fades and builds

From/To

Putting together the first draft

Architecture

SECTION FOUR: OPPOSITES AND LAYERING: Opposites

Single images

Layering

EPILOGUE: A narrtive approach to acting

APPENDICES: Appendix A: Excerpts

Appendix B: Speeches

Appendix C: If you are working on a speech by Shakespeare

Appendix D: Shopping for speeches

Appendix E: A sample syllabus for a course on acting narrative speeches.