{"product_id":"9781350244092","title":"Shakespeare and Lecoq A Practical Guide for Actors, Directors, Students and Teachers","description":"\u003ch3\u003eArden Performance Companions\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eShakespeare and Lecoq\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Practical Guide for Actors, Directors, Students and Teachers\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eEd Woodall | Michael Dobson | Abigail Rokison-Woodall | Abigail Rokison-Woodall | Simon Russell Beale\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eDrama \/ Shakespeare\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book provides actors, directors, teachers and students with a clear, practical guide to applying the work of influential theatre practitioner Jacques Lecoq to the process of rehearsing or workshopping the Shakespeare text.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten by theatre practitioner Ed Woodall, who trained with Lecoq himself, and Shakespeare academic Abigail Rokison-Woodall, this guide begins with warm-ups and ensemble-building, and moves through explorations of the story, the world of the play, the text, character emotion, thought and physicality and staging.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLecoq's method often relies on 'play', and play is often seen as trivial or inconsequential. This book argues that the more playful you are, the more playfully you investigate your speech or scene and the more physically motivated that playfulness is, the more vital and lifelike your acting of Shakespeare will be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbigail Rokison-Woodall \u003c\/b\u003eis Deputy Director of the Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham, UK. She began her career as a professional actor, training at LAMDA. Her first monograph, \u003ci\u003eShakespearean Verse Speaking \u003c\/i\u003ewon the Shakespeare's Globe first book award. She has authored a number of journal articles and chapters on Shakespeare and theatre, as well as \u003ci\u003eShakespeare for Young People\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eShakespeare in the Theatre: Nicholas Hytner \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAs You Like It: Language and Writing\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEd Woodall \u003c\/b\u003eis an acting coach and movement director. He trained with Jacques Lecoq at the École Jacques Lecoq between 1989-91 and has worked in physical theatre with Complicité, Improbable and Kneehigh as well as acting in a number of films and RSC productions of Shakespeare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e13 June 2024\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eThe Arden Shakespeare\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350244092\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e240\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10.72\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51223571136652,"sku":"9781350244092","price":20.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_eeed6d42-6981-4f6a-ac47-412124bc72ad.jpg?v=1783077431","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781350244092","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}