Or 101-level-syllabus-in-a-Book…
Or Semester-Unit-in-a-Book…Or…
“Performance Approaches to Shakespeare” is a concise, all-in-one resource for directors and teachers at all levels of drama and English education – all the way from middle school to the university level and even beyond. Written, as the title suggests, not from a literary or academic perspective (and not necessarily a book to sit down and read from cover to cover) it has everything one might need to create a performance-based teaching/learning strategy that goes beyond the surface of the black-and-white text and digs into the how Shakespeare communicated his performance intentions to his company of actors. Be amazed and inspired at how the genius of Shakespeare’s writing goes farther and deeper than simply the beauty of his poetic skills. Discover more and more with each passing page his brilliance at using that poetry to enable his company to churn out new plays in a short period of time with minimal rehearsal and no director sitting in the house shouting out instructions. Then inspire students and cast members with new-found detective skills that enable a more effective and accurate way of interpreting a play for the stage.
Here is the table of contents to whet your whistle and hopefully tempt you to purchase the book for yourself and embark and the exciting journey of discovery that led to its creation.
Performance Approaches to Shakespeare 