Dramatic Adventures in Rhetoric
A Guide for Actors, Directors and Playwrights
Published on 15. October 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
300 pages
978-1-84943-491-1 (ISBN)
Description
A practical, accessible and thorough guide to identifying and using rhetorical devices in drama, using examples from both classical and contemporary plays. An unprecedented reference and handbook for actors, directors, playwrights and teachers; written by practitioners for practitioners.
Little has been written about how dramatists draw on rhetorical devices, and how a study of these can unlock a text for a performer or director, or indeed inspire contemporary playwrights. This book addresses in detail - yet in straightforward terms - the many different rhetorical forms used in drama, and enables the reader to identify and analyse them.
Dramatic Adventures in Rhetoric may be read cover to cover, or it may be dipped into; it is both an analytic tool and a reference aid for use in the classroom or rehearsal room, revealing how careful study of language is one of the best ways of accessing the richness of texts both classical and contemporary.
Little has been written about how dramatists draw on rhetorical devices, and how a study of these can unlock a text for a performer or director, or indeed inspire contemporary playwrights. This book addresses in detail - yet in straightforward terms - the many different rhetorical forms used in drama, and enables the reader to identify and analyse them.
Dramatic Adventures in Rhetoric may be read cover to cover, or it may be dipped into; it is both an analytic tool and a reference aid for use in the classroom or rehearsal room, revealing how careful study of language is one of the best ways of accessing the richness of texts both classical and contemporary.
Reviews / Votes
This book deserves a place on every actor's, director's and playwright's shelf -- Samuel West, actor and directorMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 184 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
460 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84943-491-1 (9781849434911)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Giles Taylor | Philip Wilson
Dramatic Adventures in Rhetoric
A Guide for Actors, Directors and Playwrights
E-Book
11/2015
1st Edition
Oberon Books Ltd
€22.99
Available for download
Persons
Giles Taylor is an actor who has appeared at the National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company and at numerous regional theatres, as well as on television. He is also a Shakespeare Consultant, working on productions across the country and running workshops for both actors and directors. Giles has a degree in Classics from Bristol University.
Philip Wilson is a director who has worked at theatres including Birmingham Rep, the Bush, Chichester Minerva, Liverpool Playhouse, Sheffield Crucible and the Traverse. He was the Artistic Director of Salisbury Playhouse (2007-11), and has adapted Philip Pullman's Grimm Tales and JL Carr's A Month in the Country.
Philip Wilson is a director who has worked at theatres including Birmingham Rep, the Bush, Chichester Minerva, Liverpool Playhouse, Sheffield Crucible and the Traverse. He was the Artistic Director of Salisbury Playhouse (2007-11), and has adapted Philip Pullman's Grimm Tales and JL Carr's A Month in the Country.