Shakespeare and Lecoq: A Practical Guide for Actors, Directors, Students and Teachers

Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
LIST OF VIDEOS
Series preface
Author’s preface
	Postscript by Abigail Rokison-Woodall
Foreword – ‘Are we allowed to speak?’ by Toby Jones
Acknowledgements
Introduction
	Lecoq
	The Lecoq training
	Lecoq and Shakespeare
	This book
	How to use this book
Chapter 1: Exploring the body in space
	Warming up the space
	Waking up your spine
	Movement with meaning
	Connecting movement to emotion
	Sending your voice into the space
Chapter 2: Exploring the ensemble
	Exploring the space as an ensemble
	Making it physical
	Exploring the play as an ensemble
Chapter 3: Exploring the story
	Story as a kinetic structure
	Exploring the story of the whole play in mime
	Exploring sections of the story
	Exploring the story of a scene
Chapter 4: Exploring the world of the play
	A day in the life of the play
	The Seven Levels of Tension
	Exploring the texture of the play via colours and paintings
Chapter 5: Exploring the text
	Embodying words
	Exploring the embodiment of rhetoric and stylistic devices
	Embodying speeches and dialogue
Chapter 6: Exploring character types
	Exploring the four humours via the elements
	Leading with different parts of the body
	Exploring the dramatic dynamism of pushing and pulling
Chapter 7: Exploring character drives
	Three words for characteristics
	Exploring character through animals
	Exploring passions
Chapter 8: Exploring clowning and fooling
	The clown
	The bouffon
Chapter 9: Exploring staging
	Balancing the stage
	Shaping the space of the play
	The chorus
	Facing the audience
Bibliography
INDEX