Tuesday, 27 March 2012

How did William Shakespeare make it into the World as a famous Playwright

37 Plays by William Shakespeare - the complete works!
There is a section dedicated to each of the 37 plays by William Shakespeare which feature:
  • An 18th century picture from each of the William Shakespeare plays
  • Background and History from each play
  • Plot Summary of each play
  • First Performance and Publication dates and details of each of the  William Shakespeare plays
  • Most Famous Quotes from each of the William Shakespeare plays
  • Characters in each of William Shakespeare plays
  • Full Text and script of each of the plays by William Shakespeare, the great Stratford Bard
The top six most popular plays by William Shakespeare
To compliment the section on the plays we have provided a Dictionary which explains the forgotten words of olde English which are featured in the great plays. The top six most popular plays by William Shakespeare are:
  • Hamlet - most famous of the William Shakespeare plays
  • Othello - second most famous of the William Shakespeare plays
  • Macbeth - third most famous of the William Shakespeare plays
  • Romeo and Juliet - fourth most famous of the William Shakespeare plays
  • The Tempest - fifth most famous of the William Shakespeare plays
  • Julius Caesar - sixth most famous of the William Shakespeare plays

William Shakespeare - First FolioThe First Folio contained approximately 900 pages containing 36 plays attributed to William Shakespeare after his death. The fellow actors of William Shakespeare, John Hemminge and Henry Condell, were the editors of the collection. The William Shakespeare plays were categorised as Comedies, Histories and Tragedies. The content of the First Folio was registered on 8th November 1623. Unauthorised and inferior text copies of William Shakespeare plays are called Quarto Texts
This in formation can be found here > http://www.william-shakespeare.info/



Wednesday, 22 February 2012

Nurse Monologue after view

Just done my Nurse monologue from Romeo and Juliet, and I actually thought it was significiently better, than the first attempt of this performance. My reason for this is because  I used pauses in the correct terms and breaths when needed.  And also I done this  to prolong the speech. As well as my stammer. I thought through my individual performance how I did not rush it this time and I really took my time with the words and I really tried to think about what the verses and words that I was saying actually meant. As I done the Monologue I really embraced on my character's feelings and what she would be going through at this terrible time in her life. Not only has she lost her daughter but she has to tell her Grand-Daughter Juliet how it happened. And to be quiet honest I think I got this across when I was being assessed by Sonya Curle. Only this time I really used different techniques I.E. Constin Stanislavsky's " Emotional Memory" and I really wanted to embrace in my character and to get the emotion se was feeling across through my performance.

Extra rehearsal time for Midsomer Night's Dream

All this morning we have been assesed by Aimee and Sonya, we have been working and trying to improve on our Scene pieces or Monologues.
During our observation time I have learnt a few techniques on how I could imnproveon my character of Midsomer's Night dream. Hippolyta I could use more facial expressions to get the character across. Even though she is very Highly thought of, I really want to embrace my character and get her across in other elements of the play script. 
 Even though I have read the script of Midsomer's Night's Dream, I really want to put my take on the Character " Hippolyta" and put a 21st Century feel into her but also keep the original character rained in. During rehearsals of our piece from Midsomer Night's Dream I have developed my character in loads of aspects so for instance I have developed the way she walks, so instead of myself just coming on stage I have developed a walk with " Purpose" and give meanings to why she is on-stage during rehearsals. As for her mannerisms, again I have developed mannerisms, although I have not changed my own I have made my character's  more refined to mine in ever-day life.
The way she speaks during the Play the pitch, persition and clarity of her tone is the exact same but I hae developed an lady-like accent for her, so every letter is pronounced correctly and her P's and Q's are used. Also as she is the Queen of ATHENS" the way she positions herself is crucial, so she will sit with poise. Even though I sit quiet girly I want my character to be very lady-like so that means shoulders down, no sloutching legs closed and together and finally feet together and to the side. As for her hands neatly placed on her lap.

Method Acting

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xOsx3zGQ0M

Acting Techniques

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGxyKxN6rZw

What Theatre was Like in Renaiussance Era.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtLB3Od2F0Y&feature=g-vrec&context=G26ac3f2RVAAAAAAAAAQ&noredirect=1

Midsumer Night's Dream Group Pieces

We got an assignment   we had to be in groups, piece we are focusing  on the Classical play written by William Shakespeare A Midsomer Night'sc Dream. The adaptation we are doing to it is A play within a play within a play. To get a few tips I watched " Were The World Mines!" I thought it was very usefull, and I could see our piece based around the theme, even though this is all about Magic and other things I believe we can really adapt to it. So they are errors to be made within the script.
The sonnet itself was formly written in 1590. The character I am portraying is called Hippolya
 " Queen of the  Amazons". My character is married to Theseus king of Amazons"
Within the play it has three mager parts Hippolyta and Teseus Marriage delebration and then  the first scene opens by Hermia refusing to Marry Demitrius.
At that same time, Quince and his fellow players were engaged to produce an act which is "the most lamentable comedy and most cruel death of Pyramus and Thisbe", for the Duke and the Duchess.[2]Peter Quince reads the names of characters and bestows them to the players. Nick Bottom who is playing the main role of Pyramus, is over-enthusiastic and wants to dominate others by suggesting himself for the characters of Thisbe, The Lion and Pyramus at the same time. Also he would rather be a tyrant and recites some lines of Ercles or Hercules. Quince ends the meeting with "at the Duke's oak we meet.

The fairies then disappear, and Theseus and Hippolyta arrive on the scene, during an early morning hunt. They wake the lovers and, since Demetrius does not love Hermia any more, Theseus overrules Egeus's demands and arranges a group wedding. The lovers decide that the night's events must have been a dream. After they all exit, Bottom awakes, and he too decides that he must have experienced a dream "past the wit of man". In Athens, Theseus, Hippolyta and the lovers watch the six workmen perform Pyramus and Thisbe. The play is badly performed to the point where the guests laugh as if it were meant to be a comedy, and afterward everyone retires to bed. Afterward, Oberon, Titania, Puck, and other fairies enter, and bless the house and its occupants with good fortune. After all other characters leave, Puck "restores amends" and reminds the audience that this might be nothing but a dream (hence the name of the play).

I have done this play myself when I was small in Primary School, The stoiryline to it is just magical and iut really captures the eye of the audiences.