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Advice to the Players

Advice to the Players. Rules, Recommendations, & Resources. What you may do to the text:. Cut for length (be careful the text still makes sense) Change gender (as long as it still makes sense & isn’t silly) Combine or cut minor characters (again, must make sense & not be silly).

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Advice to the Players

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  1. Advice to the Players Rules, Recommendations, & Resources

  2. What you may do to the text: • Cut for length (be careful the text still makes sense) • Change gender (as long as it still makes sense & isn’t silly) • Combine or cut minor characters (again, must make sense & not be silly)

  3. What you may NOT do to the text: • Modernize Shakespeare’s language! • Make any changes that mar the original intent of the story

  4. See first that the design is wise and just: that ascertained, pursue it resolutely • You may set your scene in a nontraditional time period & place but be ready to justify your choices • Show status, mood, character, setting in costumes • Appropriate for a school setting • Minimize anything that may make the audience laugh inappropriately • Nothing dangerous! • Nothing breakable or valuable! • Nothing stupid—no Burger King crowns, please!

  5. The readiness is all… • Memorized and well-rehearsed • No prompter and no scripts anywhere onstage • Be loud & be clear (otherwise what’s the point?) • Be ready to improvise appropriately if there is a disaster • There is no such thing as too much rehearsal

  6. Strong reasons make strong actions • Understand what you are saying! • Get a copy of the text that has good footnotes and read them! • You are the interpreter for the audience. COSTARD: O, they have lived long on the alms-basket of words. I marvel thy master hath not eaten thee for a word; for thou art not so long by the head as honorificabilitudinitatibus: thou art easier swallowed than a flap-dragon. Act V, Scene 1, Love’s Labour’s Lost

  7. We know what we are, but know not what we may be. • Who is the character who speaks the lines? • What is the situation? • Who is listening?

  8. Be great in act, as you have been in thought • Connect your body to the words and the emotions • Having someone watch you rehearse is very helpful • Watch the masters…but don’t imitate • No accents! • Memorizing the middle part of anything is the most challenging • Practice, practice, practice!

  9. I wasted time, and now doth time waste me • Use your class time productively • Work outside of class • Ask for help!

  10. My libraryWas dukedom large enough • Check out our YouTube Channel! ThePlaystheThingWTHS – YouTube • 822.33 • Apps & links for full text and more • Google Image for visual ideas romeo and juliet on stage - Google Search

  11. Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, andsome have greatness thrust upon 'em.

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