Secrets of Acting Shakespeare

Patrick Tucker finds the key to acting Shakespeare in a rediscovered method, and the results are revolutionary. He insists that the tension and attention demanded by this method results in extraordinary performances.

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Secrets of Acting Shakespeare isn't a book that gently instructs. It's a passionate, yes-you-can designed to prove that anybody can act Shakespeare. By explaining how Elizabethan actors had only their own lines and not entire playscripts, Patrick Tucker shows how much these plays work by ear. Secrets of Acting Shakespeare is a book for actors trained and amateur, as well as for anyone curious about how the Elizabethan theater worked.