Shakespeare and Stanislavsky: A Practical Guide for Actors, Directors, Students and Teachers

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Annie Tyson

Shakespeare and Stanislavsky

A Practical Guide for Actors, Directors, Students and Teachers

Annie Tyson

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Bloomsbury
12 December 2024

Theatre Studies; Acting techniques; Theatre direction & production; Literary studies: plays & playwrights; Shakespeare studies & criticism

Series: Arden Performance Companions

This book provides actors, directors, teachers and students with a clear, practical guide to applying the work of influential theatre practitioner Konstantin Stanislavsky to Shakespeare. Shakespeare and Stanislavsky provides a guide for actors, acting students, directors and teachers who want to apply the work of influential theatre practitioner, Stanislavsky, to the process of rehearsing and workshopping Shakespeare’s play texts. Acting tutor and director, Annie Tyson, makes applying Stanislavsky’s methods to Shakespeare simple and accessible. She rejects and dispels the myth held by some that Stanislavsky and Shakespeare are incompatible, showing instead how the Shakespearean text offers clues to specific acting choices that are intricately connected to action and character. Drawing on years of acting, directing and teaching experience at the Drama Centre London and RADA, Tyson’s guide is full of practical tips and humour. This guide also includes a series of interviews with actors and directors who explain their approach to applying Stanislavsky to Shakespeare.

By: Annie Tyson
Imprint: Bloomsbury
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 214mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 280g
ISBN: 9781350249745
ISBN 10: 1350249742
Series: Arden Performance Companions
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 12 December 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

SECTION 1 Chapter 1. Introduction to the work of Konstantin Stanislavksy Chapter 2. Stanislavsky’s work on Shakespeare Chapter 3. Stanislavsky’s influence on actor-training Section 2 – Practical Work Chapter 1. Concentration and Circles of Attention Chapter 2. Who (and What) Am I? Chapter 3. The Given Circumstances Chapter 4. The Given Circumstances Chapter 5. Action and Objective and the Superobjective Chapter 6. How Do I Get It? Chapter 7. What Must I Overcome? Chapter 8. What are My Relationships? Chapter 9. Emotion SECTION 3 Case Study Macbeth at RADA 2020 SECTION 4 INTERVIEWS Professor Vladimir Mirodan Joseph Millson Neil Swain David Thacker Edward Kemp

Annie Tyson read Drama and Theatre Arts at Birmingham University before training at the Drama Centre. She began her professional life as an actor in repertory theatre playing a wide variety of roles from Shakespeare to musicals and pantomime and moving into TV and radio. Her interest and curiosity about the actor’s process led her to working as an acting tutor at Rose Bruford College, at Drama Centre and eventually to her becoming the Course Director for BA Acting at Drama Centre where she continued to champion the European classical repertoire with a particular passion for Shakespeare. She now works at RADA and as a mentor for Open Door and is a Patron of the MonoBox. She has contributed to Directing – a handbook for emerging directors and a chapter in Approaches to Actor Training – International Perspectives. She continues to act, on occasion.