Shakespeare
​Verse Workshop for actors.
​Individual, Pairs or Groups (max : 12)
Shakespearean verse presents many problems for actors both in comprehension and performance. By the application of a few simple techniques, you can make the verse work for you.

Colin David Reese presents this  in-depth workshop to help you as an actor decipher Shakespearean text and create a performance that both honours the Bard’s work and makes the verse accessible to you and your audience.

Individual or in pairs 
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Do you have a Shakespeare monologue, speech or soliloquy that you wish to study to performance level?
 
Colin David Reese’s unique and detailed method into how to make the verse work for you will allow you to discover many hidden meanings and subtleties that a simple reading will not reveal.
Shakespeare wrote for players, not for readers.
When Shakespeare wrote in verse it was to give indications to the player as to characterisation and context. And these indications are deeply embedded in the verse, its structure and its syntax.
This method of study analyses the verse meticulously and permits the modern player to develop his/her own particular language and linguistic fingerprint. Whilst the study is based on an overall method, the result will be intensely personal and individual. No two players will ever play Hamlet the same way.
Based on 90 minute sessions, Mr. Reese will guide and help the player explore the text in ways that are unique. 
A single session will open up several previously hidden possibilities.  
Further sessions will develop the techniques and the application of them will lead to stunning and powerful renditions of the text or texts chosen.

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Groups - maximum 12

During the workshop, you will study techniques including text analysis,  breathing, and articulation. Working in small groups and individually, you will be guided through the process, learning how to use Shakespeare’s verse to develop characterisation.

You get to work with a facsimile of the First Folio, enabling comparison with the modern edited texts and the document that was printed in 1623. This brings many discoveries as the edited texts often hide things that the playwright intended the players to use.

To explore even further, some "cue script" work will be included. By working in the way of the original actors, even more surprises will be revealed by the text!

 Please bring a “Complete Works” and a notebook and pencil.
For further information, please get in touch.

Workshop Dates

We are regularly adding new dates for our workshops.

​To book a private or group session please contact us. 
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