TH 410 - Acting Shakespeare II

Prerequisites, TH 283, TH 322, theatre performance major, or screen acting major, senior standing. This course is a continuation of the first semester approach to the Fundamentals of Acting Shakespeare. Continued emphasis will be placed on a rhetorical approach to text and punctuation utilizing Shakespeare’s First Folio as the key to unlocking Shakespeare’s clues for actors. An examination of “words into phrases” and figures of speech will be added as well as an approach to utilizing technique acquired in the first semester to sonnets and scene work. Some sections may be designated by degree track and/or class standing. Letter grade. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits