Once More unto the Speech, Dear Friends: The Histories (Volume 2) (Applause Books (Volume 2))
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Once More unto the Speech, Dear Friends: The Histories (Volume 2) (Applause Books (Volume 2)) Details
About the Author Neil Freeman is currently associate professor of theatre at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. He also holds the position of master teacher with Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, Massachusettts. His groundbreaking work in using the first printings of the Shakespeare texts in performance and in the classroom has led to lectures at the Shakespeare Association of America and workshops at both the Association of Theatre in Higher Education and the Voice and Speech Association. He prepared and annotated the 36 individual Applause First Folio Editions of Shakespeare's plays. Read more
Reviews
Neil Freeman has taken what all actors and theatre professionals do and put it together in one book (or three!). He's put the modern version of speeches & soliloquies and placed them side-by-side with the folio versions. He's also added insightful commentary on the changes and highlighted important aspects. Shakespeare was meant to be performed (not read) and you can't perform his plays without examing the folio for clues to character and inspirational guidelines. This book makes streamlines this process. Now if only someone would publish all of the plays like this!
