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Shakespeare's First Folio Cue Scripts - Comedies: A New Window on Shakespeare

Shakespeare's First Folio Cue Scripts - Comedies: A New Window on Shakespeare

Tucker, Patrick

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General DramaShakespeare

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ISBN10: 103269887X
ISBN13: 9781032698878
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Dec 30 2024
Pages: 330
Language: English

Opening up a new window to see Shakespeare's words in a different light and gathering his intentions in a simple, clear way, this book presents the Cue Scripts from the Comedies in Shakespeare's First Folio.

The book invites readers to approach Shakespeare's texts the way his actors would have - not studying the complete text and drawing conclusions from it, but working from a Cue Script, where all the lines for a particular character are written, with just a two- or three-word cue as to when they should speak. As an actor himself, Shakespeare knew that his actors would have little time to do more than learn their lines for the next imminent performance - for this reason, he placed in the first lines of every Cue Script a range of crucial information on the character's motives and intentions. Studying the cues and following the playwright's clues opens up a whole new understanding of the roles, and provides a way of approaching a play that is authentic, quick, and creates an impactful performance. Examples of Cue Script scenes along with a summary of the various clues that were written to help the original actors are included in the book.

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