Shakespeare
In addition to his celebrated work with accents and dialects, Paul is a master teacher and coach in the performing of Shakespeare's works. He has helped hundreds of actors embrace the language of Shakespeare's plays with clarity and authority. He demystifies those often intimidating terms like iambic pentameter, alexandrine, tetrameter, enjambment, trochee, spondee, pyrrhic, epic caesura, and helps actors to make dramatic capital out of Shakespeare's sometimes abrupt switches from verse to prose. Paul helps us see Shakespeare's rhyme, rhetoric, and disputation as acting opportunities rather than mere literary embellishments; reveals the actor's secret performance weapon we know as "coining" key words; and unlocks the hidden power of Shakespeare's "rising rhythm." His approach is simple, clear, entertaining, and eminently actor-friendly.
As a member of the BBC Drama Repertory Company, Paul acted in more than a dozen of the Bard's works alongside many of the great names of the British Theatre: Paul Scofield, Richard Burton, Flora Robson, Derek Jacobi, to name a few.
In his teaching at RADA, LAMDA, The North Carolina School of the Arts, The University of Kansas Theatre and Film Department, and in his master classes at the Shakespeare Centre in Stratford-upon-Avon in England, he has trained two generations of actors in the skills they need to breathe life into Shakespeare's words.
Voicing Shakespeare
He has now distilled his life-long experience into an eBook (playable on all computers, including Mac OSX 10.4 and higher), entitled Voicing Shakespeare. You will enjoy sixty-six easy-to-read chapters, unlocking all the secrets you need to perform Shakespeare's great work with confidence, clarity, and power. The eBook's six major sections thoroughly explore: Verse; Prose; Voice, Speech & Dialect; Physical performance; Musical Dynamics; and Shakespeare's Rhetoric.
Setting Voicing Shakespeare apart from similar publications are its seventy-six audio and video performances of great Shakespeare speeches; they vividly illustrate the techniques under discussion at the click of your mouse. Performed by Paul and seventeen fellow professional actors from England, the U.S.A., Canada, and Australia, these recordings point the way to a truly international performance style.
With Voicing Shakespeare on your computer, your classical acting work will take a giant step forward. In a special appendix, ten great Shakespeare audition speeches are analyzed, scanned, scored, and performed in audio/video clips by the skilled men and women of the company. A comprehesive glossary of terms will prove likewise invaluable.
Start building an unbeatable Shakespeare performance repertoire with the masterful assistance of this invaluable tool.
To immediately download Voicing Shakespeare to your computer and to start using it today, click the BUY NOW button below. Your life-time subscription to this masterwork, with guaranteed free access to all future editions, is just $34.95. You will instantly receive two emails: one, a confirmation of your purchase; and two, your user-name, password, and download information. Enjoy!
For Instructors
Voicing Shakespeare is designed as a textbook for the conservatory as well as for the individual actor working alone. If you are an instructor looking for the single, ideal textbook for your Shakespeare performance class, email Paul for a free perusal subscription, providing:
- the name and web site of the institution in which the class will be taught, showing you as the instructor of record
- the date of and likely enrollment in the class
In addition to your free subscription, you will receive details of the generous multi-user discounts specially designed for educational settings.