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Exploring Shakespeare: Twelfth Night - Sea Captain

'Behind every line of Shakespeare there has to be an intention on the part of the speaker'

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Our Associate Director Bill Alexander continues his brilliant series of blogs on Rehearsing Shakespeare here focusing on particular plays and in this edition - Twelfth Night and the sea captain - the importance of the role in setting up the plot and actioning the text. 

Exploring Shakespeare: Age

"capture the spontaneity of personalities less ironic and less understated than ourselves"

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Our Associate Director Bill Alexander discusses representation of age and how this affects understanding through performance of Shakespeare's characters today. #actors #acting #actorslife #performingarts #theatre #rehearsalroom #ShareYourShakespeare @RSC

Exploring Shakespeare: Character and Narrative

"The art of rehearsal is to capture moments of potential change, when the direction of life hangs in the balance, when a character might behave or react in an unexpected way."

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Further to his previous blog on character and language, here our Associate Director Bill Alexander discusses character and Narrative. #actors #actorslife #performingarts #rehearsalprocess #ShareYourShakespeare @RSC

Exploring Shakespeare: Character and Language

"It's never about what the actor can do to the verse, it's about what the verse can do to them."

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Continuing this fascinating series of blogs from our Associate Director Bill Alexander. Here Bill talks about the distinct nature of Shakespeare's language and how this relates to character. #actors #actorslife #performingarts #rehearsalprocess #rehearsalroom #ShareYourShakespeare @RSC

Sharing Shakespeare

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Sharing Shakespeare is our new online digital platform. Find out all you need to know here about our events. #actors #actorslife #performingarts #ShareYourShakespeare @RSC

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