The Actors Speak

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dc.identifier	ECF_chapter_5830
dc.contributor.author	Guidi Michele Athos
dc.contributor.author	Lea-Jones Jenni
dc.contributor.author	Powell Linda
dc.contributor.author	Spera Paul
dc.contributor.author	Toich Francesca Sarah
dc.contributor.author	Uranowitz Michelle
dc.title	The Actors Speak
dc.type	Chapter
dc.language.iso	en
dc.description.abstract	The Merchant ‘in’ Venice brought together an international cast of actors. In this chapter six of them recall the experience of workshopping then rehearsing Shakespeare’s play for the site-specific production they brought to the Ghetto in 2016. They think about the pressures of place – speaking these lines in this location – and of history; the challenges of working in several languages and cutting the script to two hours’ running time; the existential trouble of doubling characters who look like opposites; the excitement of inhabiting their roles and reaching their audiences. They reveal the production from the experience of living inside it.
dc.relation.ispartof	Studi e ricerche
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.issued	2021-06-10
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-504-9/the-actors-speak/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/978-88-6969-503-2/004
dc.identifier.issn	2610-993X
dc.identifier.eissn	2610-9123
dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-6969-504-9
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-503-2
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
item.fulltext	with fulltext
item.grantfulltext	open
dc.peer-review	no
dc.subject	Actors on Shakespeare
dc.subject	Actors on Shakespeare
dc.subject	Bassanio
dc.subject	Bassanio
dc.subject	Jessica
dc.subject	Jessica
dc.subject	Lancelot Gobbo
dc.subject	Lancelot Gobbo
dc.subject	Lorenzo
dc.subject	Lorenzo
dc.subject	Performing Shakespeare
dc.subject	Performing Shakespeare
dc.subject	Portia
dc.subject	Portia
dc.subject	Rehearsal
dc.subject	Rehearsal
dc.subject	Shylock
dc.subject	Shylock
dc.subject	Site-specific performance
dc.subject	Site-specific performance
dc.subject	The Merchant of Venice
dc.subject	The Merchant of Venice

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The Actors Speak

Michele Athos Guidi

Jenni Lea-Jones

Linda Powell

Paul Spera

Francesca Sarah Toich

Michelle Uranowitz

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The Merchant ‘in’ Venice brought together an international cast of actors. In this chapter six of them recall the experience of workshopping then rehearsing Shakespeare’s play for the site-specific production they brought to the Ghetto in 2016. They think about the pressures of place – speaking these lines in this location – and of history; the challenges of working in several languages and cutting the script to two hours’ running time; the existential trouble of doubling characters who look like opposites; the excitement of inhabiting their roles and reaching their audiences. They reveal the production from the experience of living inside it.

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June 10, 2021

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978-88-6969-504-9

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978-88-6969-503-2

Keywords: Actors on Shakespeare • The Merchant of Venice • Shylock • Rehearsal • Portia • Lancelot Gobbo • Site-specific performance • Bassanio • Performing Shakespeare • Lorenzo • Jessica

permalink: http://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-503-2/004

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