Shakespearean Rhetoric
A Practical Guide for Actors, Directors, Students and Teachers
1st Edition
Published on 25. March 2021
264 pages
978-1-350-08800-9 (ISBN)
Description
Classical Rhetoric, the art of persuasion, formed the sum and substance of Shakespeare's education and was the basis of his understanding of the power of language and how it worked to move, delight and teach. Rhetoric, which seeks to explain the way that language works to influence others, provides a powerful, transformative tool for approaching text in performance. This book helps you understand the key concepts of rhetoric. It gives clear explanations, stripped of jargon, and examples of rhetorical technique in the plays. It also provides engaging, practical exercises to unlock character and to identify themes in the plays through the lens of rhetoric. Academically rigorous, based on more than a decade of practical experience in the use of rhetoric in drama at the highest level, it is an ideal companion for anyone engaging with Shakespeare in performance.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
ISBN-13
978-1-350-08800-9 (9781350088009)
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Benet Brandreth
Shakespearean Rhetoric
A Practical Guide for Actors, Directors, Students and Teachers
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04/2021
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Benet Brandreth Q.C. is a barrister and an award-winning performer and expert on rhetoric and Shakespeare's use of language. For over twelve years he has taught the principles and practical application of rhetoric to actors, directors and students at the RSC, the Donmar Warehouse and RADA.
Content
1. Introduction
2. A Brief History of Classical Rhetoric
3. Shakespeare's Approach to Rhetoric
4. What is Rhetoric?
5. Invention: Ethos, Pathos and Logos
6. Disposition
6. Invention and Disposition in the Rehearsal Room
7. Style
8. Rhetorical Techniques and Tropes: Indicators of Mental State
9. Rhetorical Techniques and Tropes: Indicators of Theme and Structure
10. Style in the Rehearsal Room
11. Rhetoric in Hamlet, Midsummer Night's Dream, Romeo and Juliet, Twelfth Night, Othello and Macbeth
Notes
Index
2. A Brief History of Classical Rhetoric
3. Shakespeare's Approach to Rhetoric
4. What is Rhetoric?
5. Invention: Ethos, Pathos and Logos
6. Disposition
6. Invention and Disposition in the Rehearsal Room
7. Style
8. Rhetorical Techniques and Tropes: Indicators of Mental State
9. Rhetorical Techniques and Tropes: Indicators of Theme and Structure
10. Style in the Rehearsal Room
11. Rhetoric in Hamlet, Midsummer Night's Dream, Romeo and Juliet, Twelfth Night, Othello and Macbeth
Notes
Index
