Trevor Nunn

At the Sign of the Swan

Foreword   Trevor Nunn Preface Companies, Theatres and Players Greene, Peele, Chapman and Kyd Christopher Marlowe Middleton, Dekker, Marston and Tourneur Beaumont and Fletcher, Webster, Ford, and Massinger Ben Jonson The Plays of Christopher Marlowe Bloody Revenge and Tragedy Comedies Drama Documentaries The Plays of Ben Jonson The Place of Women Plays for Today Epilogue Table …

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Playing Shakespeare

Foreword   Trevor Nunn Preface Part One: Objective Things The Two Traditions: Elizabethan and Modern Acting Using the Verse: Heightened and Naturalistic Verse Language and Character: Making the Words One’s Own Using the Prose: Why does Shakespeare use Prose? Set Speeches and Soliloquies: Taking the Audience with You Using the Sonnets: Going over Some Old Ground …

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