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How to Analyse Speech and Language, Verse and Prose in Acting

How to Analyse Speech and Language, Verse and Prose in Acting

By ‘heightened language’ we mean language rich in imagery, metaphor and simile, language which is evocative, where the exactly right words are used to create the maximum depth of understanding and feeling. Blank verse is the most common form of language used by the Elizabethan and Jacobean playwrights, so the actor must learn to make […]