{"product_id":"9781350567115","title":"Lend Me Your Ears What Shakespeare Teaches Us About Acting","description":"\u003ch1\u003eLend Me Your Ears\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhat Shakespeare Teaches Us About Acting\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDaniel Spector\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eDrama \/ Shakespeare\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eArguing Shakespeare\u003c\/i\u003e presents an approach to actor training that centres arguing as the essential activity of performance.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDisagreement arguably is the essence of drama and Shakespeare stretches this principle to its furthest limits. Essential to Shakespeare's plays is the character's belief that the person with who you are arguing is changeable. If you, the actor, are not on board with this belief in changeability, the endeavour fails. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart-manual and part-cultural study, the book offers intellectual and practical tools for approaching Shakespeare with power, presence and confidence. From Brutus and Cassius disagreeing over leadership in the 'tent scene' in \u003ci\u003eJulius Caesar \u003c\/i\u003eto Romeo and Juliet disagreeing over names in the 'balcony scene', robust argument exists throughout Shakespeare's oeuvre. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndeed, the author makes the case for argumentation as the centrepiece to the actor's work on Shakespeare and, along the way, offers exercises as well as classroom and rehearsal room anecdotes as means to turn theory into practice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy centring argument and persuasion in Shakespeare training, the book addresses the two most\u003cbr\u003ecommon habits that nearly all new actors bring to their work: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e(1) playing the problem \u003cbr\u003e(2) merely imitating emotional states\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eActors, teacher, and directors will undoubtedly recognize these habits and seek solutions for them. \u003ci\u003eArguing Shakespeare\u003c\/i\u003e offers such solutions. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe are living in a time when good-faith argumentation has receded from public life in the face of a mindset generated by social media and political polarization. Shakespeare is an antidote to such an anti-argumentation mindset, since his characters believe, as perhaps we all should, that even your greatest foe in changeable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eDaniel Spector \u003c\/b\u003eis Associate Arts Professor at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, US, where he directs The Classical Studio, a year-long Shakespeare-based acting intensive. Also a director and acting coach, he has worked on over 50 productions of 26 Shakespeare plays. He is a member of the Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab and has presented at conferences around the world, including for the British Shakespeare Association, Offensive Shakespeare, BritGrad and Shakespeare Theatre Conference.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10 June 2027\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\u003eMethuen Drama\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350567115\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e192\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e17.76\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51944928936076,"sku":"9781350567115","price":67.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781350567115","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}