TY - BOOK AU - Joseph,Bertram Leon TI - Acting Shakespeare T2 - Routledge library editions. Shakespeare in performance SN - 9781138965867 (pbk.) : U1 - 822.3'3 23 PY - 2016/// CY - London PB - Routledge KW - Shakespeare, William, KW - Shakespearean actors and actresses KW - Acting KW - Literature KW - eflch KW - ukslc N1 - Originally published: New York: Theatre Arts Books, 1960; Includes bibliographical references and index; Specialized N2 - How did the actors for whom Shakespeare wrote his plays make his characters come to life, how did they convey his words? Can modern directors, actors, and even library readers of Shakespeare learn from them? Creating character and making the Elizabethan playwright's poetry compelling for the audience is a problem which has seldom been resolved in modern times. This book demonstrates the hard course a modern actor must follow to make real and truthful the words he speaks, and the action and emotion underlying them ER -