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Acting narrative speeches : the actor as storyteller

Offers actors tips, techniques, and strategies designed to help them improve their presentation of narrative speeches
Print Book, English, ©2002
Meriwether Pub., Colorado Springs, Colo., ©2002
Criticism, interpretation, etc
vii, 445 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
9781566080767, 1566080762
49894917
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