Table of Contents

The Question The Research The Evidence: The Tomb Scene; Rosalind, Celia-and the Duke; Viola, the Captaine-and the Saylors; Original Elizabethan English. The Experiment. The Performances. Actor's Responses. The Secrets: Prose and Poetry; Simple and Complex; Modes of Address; Iambic Pentameters; Lineage; Verbal Conceits; Obedience to the Text. The Folio. The Folio Secrets: Folio Capitalisation; Folio Lineage; Folio Punctuation; Folio Spelling. Understanding through Acting The OSC Checklist.

About the Author

Patrick Tucker is Director of London's Original Shakespeare Company. He is on the board of the Globe Theatre, London.

Reviews

"Any theater person or academic interested in understanding Shakespeare should read Tucker's remarkable book...this volume is highly recommended at all levels.."
-R. Sugarman Ihoice
"The book is a quite original and didactic look at Shakespeare, especially intriguing to the serious Shakespearean who is looking for new ideas."
-Michael Lazan "Back Stage, September 2002
"Tucker's "Secrets of Acting Shakespeare is an important new book that offers much to a wide audience; a wealth of practical advice for students and makers of theatre and a great deal worth reconsidering for schlars of Shakespearean text and performance. "Theatre Journal October 2003."