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Tables of Contents for Playing Shakespeare
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Foreword
ix
Trevor Nunn
Preface
xiii
PART ONE: Objective Things
1
146
The Two Traditions --- Elizabethan and Modern Acting
3
24
Using the Verse --- Heightened and Naturalistic Verse
27
29
Language and Character --- Making the Words One's Own
56
27
Using the Prose --- Why Does Shakespeare Use Prose?
83
23
Set Speeches and Soliloquies --- Taking the Audience with You
106
22
Using the Sonnets --- Going Over Some Old Ground
128
19
PART TWO: Subjective Things
147
96
Irony and Ambiguity --- Text That Isn't What It Seems
149
18
Passion and Coolness --- A Question of Balance
167
21
Rehearsing the Text --- Orsino and Viola
188
23
Exploring a Character --- Playing Shylock
211
16
Contemporary Shakespeare --- A Discussion
227
16
Poetry and Hidden Poetry --- Three Kinds of Failure
243