Acting from Shakespeare's First Folio examines a series of
techniques for reading and performing Shakespeare's plays that are
based on the texts of the first complete volume of Shakespeare's
works: the First Folio of 1623.
Do extra syllables in a line suggest how it might be played? Can
Folio commas reveal character? Don Weingust places this work on
Folio performance possibility within current understandings about
Shakespearean text, describing ways in which these challenging
theories about acting often align quite nicely with the work of the
theories' critics.
As part of this study, Weingust looks at the work of Patrick
Tucker and his London-based Original Shakespeare Company, who have
sought to discover the opportunities in using First Folio texts,
acting techniques, and what they consider to be original
Shakespearean performance methodologies. Weingust argues that their
experimental performances at the Globe on Bankside have revealed
enhanced possibilities not only for performing Shakespeare, but for
theatrical practice in general.
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