Using the verse

Presenter/director John Barton guides members of the Royal Shakespeare Company in a discussion and dramatization of Shakespeare's use of blank verse. In the course of trying out different stresses, the actors discover how Shakespeare uses antithesis, short lines, end-stopped lines, and pauses in the middle of a line, and why Shakespeare's lines sometimes mis-scan. Also includes examples from the Miracle plays and other writings to demonstrate the alternatives to iambic pentameter.

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"Presenter/director John Barton guides members of the Royal Shakespeare Company in a discussion and dramatization of Shakespeare's use of blank verse. In the course of trying out different stresses, the actors discover how Shakespeare uses antithesis, short lines, end-stopped lines, and pauses in the middle of a line, and why Shakespeare's lines sometimes mis-scan. Also includes examples from the Miracle plays and other writings to demonstrate the alternatives to iambic pentameter."@en
"Presenter/director John Barton guides members of the Royal Shakespeare Company in a discussion and dramatization of Shakespeare's use of blank verse. In the course of trying out different stresses, the actors discover how Shakespeare uses antithesis, short lines, end-stopped lines, and pauses in the middle of a line, and why Shakespeare's lines sometimes mis-scan. Also includes examples from the Miracle plays and other writings to demonstrate the alternatives to iambic pentameter."
"Shakespeare uses antithesis, short lines, end-stopped lines, and pauses in the middle of a line, and why Shakespeare's lines sometimes mis-scan. Also includes examples from the Miracle plays and other writing to demonstrate the alternatives."@en
"John Barton guides members of the Royal Shakespeare Company in a discussion and dramatization of Shakespeare's use of blank verse. The actors discover how Shakespeare uses antithesis, short lines, end-stopped lines and pauses in the middle of a line, and why Shakespeare's lines sometimes mis-scan."@en
"John Barton guides members of the Royal Shakespeare Company in a discussion and dramatization of Shakespeare's use of blank verse as a device to help with stage performance. In the course of trying out different stresses, the actors discover how Shakespeare uses antithesis, short lines, end-stopped lines, and pauses in the middle of a line, and why Shakespeare's lines sometimes mis-scan. Includes passages from Henry V, The merchant of Venice, King John, The winter's tale, Cymbeline, Antony and Cleopatra, Troilus and Cressida and Richard III, and examples from miracle plays and other writings to demonstrate the alternatives to iambic pentameter."
"to iambic pentameter."@en
"Part 2. What is blank verse? Why is it better for drama than other verse forms? How should it be read? In this course of trying out different stresses, the actors discover how Shakepseare uses antitheses, short lines, end-stopped lines and pauses in the middle of a line. Examples from Henry V, The Winter's Tale, The Merchant of Venice, King John, Cymbeline, Antony and Cleopatra, Troilus and Cressida and Richard II."@en
"In the course of trying out different stresses, the actors of this program discover how Shakespeare uses antithesis, short lines, end stopped lines and poses in the middle of a line and why Shakespeare's lines sometimes mis-scan. Gives examples from the Miracle plays and King Cambyses to demonstrate the alternatives to iambic pentameter, and Shakespearean exemples from Henry V, Merchant of Venice, etc."@en
"Presenter/director John Barton guides members of the Royal Shakespeare Company in a discussion and dramatization of Shakespeare's use of blank verse. In the course of trying out different stresses, the actors discover how."@en
""What is blank verse? Why is it better for drama than other verse forms? How should it be read? In the course of trying out different stresses, the actors discover how Shakespeare uses antithesis, short lines, end-stopped lines, and pauses in the middle of a line. Shakespearean examples from Henry V, The Winter's Tale, The Merchant of Venice, King John, Cymbeline, Antony and Cleopatra, Troilus and Cressida, Richard III, and Sonnet 29"--Website."
"A series of workshop sessions led by Royal Shakespeare Company director John Barton in front of a live audience. Together with a group of renowned British actors he explores various aspects of Shakespeare's verse and drama. This part focuses on Shakespeare's use of blank verse. In the course of trying out different stresses, the actors discover how Shakespeare uses antithesis, short lines, end-stopped lines and pauses in the middle of a line, and why Shakespeare's lines sometimes m."@en
"Training for actors in reading Shakespeare's blank verse."