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Analyzing Shakespeare's Action
Scene versus Sequence

  • Date Published: November 2006
  • availability: Available
  • format: Paperback
  • isbn: 9780521030373

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  • In this book, Charles and Elaine Hallett invite the reader to follow the actions of Shakespeare's plays. They show that the conventional division of the plays into scenes does not help the reader or play goer to discover how the narrative works. They offer instead a division into smaller units which they define as beats, sequences and frames. Detailed analysis of the unfolding action reveals that Shakespeare's scenes frequently consist of a series of sequences, each with its own individual climax, and these sequences are regularly built up of a succession of smaller units, or beats. Several sequences usually work together to create a still larger action, or frame. Study of these components yields valuable information about Shakespeare's playwriting techniques. The book will be of interest to students and scholars of Shakespeare and theatre studies as well as to actors and directors.

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    • Date Published: November 2006
    • format: Paperback
    • isbn: 9780521030373
    • length: 244 pages
    • dimensions: 228 x 152 x 15 mm
    • weight: 0.325kg
    • availability: Available
  • Table of Contents

    Acknowledgments
    1. Scene versus sequence in Shakespeare's plays
    2. The beat defined
    3. Ancillary beats: the interval beat, the interpolated beat, the linking beat
    4. Sequential beats: the introductory beat
    5. Sequential beats: the concluding beat
    6. Sequential beats: the intensifying beat
    7. The dramatic question
    8. Observing and meditating sequences
    9. Reporting and interrogating sequences
    10. Persuading sequences
    11. Disputing sequences
    12. Commanding sequences
    13. Sequences combined: the frame
    Notes
    Glossary
    Index of sequences analyzed
    General index.

  • Authors

    Charles A. Hallett

    Elaine S. Hallett

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