This book begins with a phone call. You answer it and learn that
you got the job. Several months from now you're going to stage a
Shakespeare play. Now ... what do you do? I mean, what do you do
after that initial burst of adrenalin has passed through your body
and you realize you haven't a clue as to what the play is really
about, or what you might want to do with it? How exactly do you
prepare for such an equally wonderful and daunting task? This is
the central question of this book. It grows out of decades of
preparing for Shakespeare productions and watching others do the
same. It will save you some of the panic, wasted time, and
fruitless paths experienced. It guides you through the crucial
period of preparation and helps focus on such issues as: * What
Shakespeare's life, work, and world can tell us * What patterns to
look for in the text * What techniques might help unpack
Shakespeare's verse * What approaches might unlock certain hidden
meanings * What literary lenses might bring things into sharper
focus * What secondary sources might lead to a broader contextual
understanding * What thought experiments might aid in visualizing
the play Ultimately, this book draws back the curtain and shows how
the antique machinery of Shakespeare's theatre works. The
imaginative time span begins from the moment you learn that on such
and such date you will begin rehearsing such and such Shakespeare
play. Our narrative clock starts ticking the moment you put down
the phone and stops when you arrive at the rehearsal hall and begin
your first table read. So much of what will be the success or
failure of a director's project rests on this work that is done
before rehearsals even begin.
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