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Author: John S Lennox Publisher: Independently Published ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 276
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The history of stage combat is connected intimately to personal combat throughout history until the early twentieth century. This book follows the changes in stage combat as the duel of honor evolved. This evolution of dueling is traced- the weapons and styles used. The impact of these changes in how people fought from the heyday of the duel of honor to its disappearance is seen in the combat performed on stage. A more realistic style of combat on stage was performed in the past, but was lost as the social importance of the duel waned.
Author: John S Lennox Publisher: Independently Published ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 276
Book Description
The history of stage combat is connected intimately to personal combat throughout history until the early twentieth century. This book follows the changes in stage combat as the duel of honor evolved. This evolution of dueling is traced- the weapons and styles used. The impact of these changes in how people fought from the heyday of the duel of honor to its disappearance is seen in the combat performed on stage. A more realistic style of combat on stage was performed in the past, but was lost as the social importance of the duel waned.
Author: J. D. Martinez Publisher: McFarland ISBN: Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 296
Book Description
All the principal duels in Shakespeare's plays are outlined and explained. The logic underlying each of the violent conflicts is discussed, together with textual references, to place them within the contxt of the play. Sample choreography is offered.
Author: John Lennox Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing ISBN: 9783838358277 Category : Stage combat Languages : en Pages : 208
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This book chronicles the evolution of stage swordplay from the time of Shakespeare to the birth of film in America. Through period documents personal accounts and extant works on the subject, the author has pieced together the system of how swordfights on stage were executed since the late sixteenth century. The book details the relationship between the style of fencing used in personal combat and the swordplay exhibited onstage in dramatic works between the late sixteenth and early twentieth centuries, documenting how similar stage fencing was in appearance to actual personal combat from the late sixteenth century until the early nineteenth century. The reasoning for the evolution of stage combat which took place in the early twentieth century is delineated, and an outlook toward the future of the art is proposed.
Author: Charles Edelman Publisher: Manchester University Press ISBN: 9780719035074 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 232
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Paying close attention to the performance conditions in the Elizabethan theatre, Edelman (English, Edith Cowan U., Western Australia) explores how Shakespeare's many battle scenes, duels, and single combats would have been presented by his own company. He draws on the whole range of plays to argue that such scenes reinforce poetic and dramatic themes, rather than merely provide a popular spectacle for the crowd. Distributed in the US by St. Martin's Press. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author: Erick Vaughn Wolfe Publisher: Taylor & Francis ISBN: 1040003109 Category : Performing Arts Languages : en Pages : 188
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The Art of Broadsword Fighting for Stage and Screen provides historical and contemporary techniques and styles for the safe training and use of the European broadsword in a theatrical setting. This book starts with a brief breakdown of the history of broadswords, the time periods associated with their use, and the influences of historical masters and their manuscripts. After the brief history section, this book presents the basic techniques of broadsword fighting, starting with grip and body postures. Readers will then move fluidly into the basic actions of cuts, parries, blocks, and disarms. During this process, actors explore the connection between body and weapon and start learning the elements of storytelling through choreography. Special attention is given throughout the text on techniques which need to be approached in a physically and/or mentally safe way by directors, choreographers, performers, teachers, and students. The final chapter focuses on choreographing a fight and utilizing all the material previously covered in this book, with special notes for actors, directors, and teachers about what makes a good fight, how to keep it safe, and how to create the "wow factor" in choreography. The Art of Broadsword Fighting for Stage and Screen is intended for directors, choreographers, actors, students of acting, martial artists, and enthusiasts of stage combat and historical martial arts.
Author: Seth Duerr Publisher: Pen and Sword History ISBN: 1526762412 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 322
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This is the first book of its kind to provide an in-depth examination of how the greatest playwright in the English language employed not only psychological brutality but also physical violence throughout his works. My Cue to Fight is the first book of its kind to provide an in-depth examination of how the greatest playwright in the English language employed not only psychological brutality but also physical violence throughout his works. Written ideally for theatrical stage directors, fight directors, intimacy consultants, and actors as a technical scene-by-scene breakdown in staging combat during production of these plays, this publication is also for Shakespeare enthusiasts who want to learn more about the blood, sweat, and viscera hidden just underneath the poetry. A writer utilizes violence, like song or dance, in moments where the story requires more than just words. But addressing how the violence will be staged tends either to be neglected or utterly gratuitous, both of which serve to separate the audience from the story and kill the whole venture. The answer rests in approaching violence the same way we do scenework. The plays of William Shakespeare seek to engage audiences with all of the characters’ blood, tears, sweat, and guts. These works are not flowery poems meant to be mumbled in a classroom, or histrionically declaimed in frilly costumes. There is nothing light and fluffy about 'rape' and 'murder’s rages', or 'carving' someone as a dish fit for the gods, or fighting till from one’s bones one’s 'flesh be hacked'. Making matters more complicated is the ambiguity and sometimes even complete lack of stage directions. Modern texts typically possess clear directions whenever violence is to occur in the action, but playscripts were quite different four centuries ago. Such denotations were both rare and inconsistent in Elizabethan and Jacobean printings. The potential violence we will examine is not appropriate for all productions or scene partners. We’re here to question and inspire rather than provide catch-all solutions. Actors, directors, fight directors, and intimacy consultants must work together to find the most effective way for their production to communicate the playwright’s story to the audience.
Author: Craig Turner Publisher: SIU Press ISBN: 0809335182 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 168
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Featuring period drawings and prints of swordplay, this book examines and compares the only three existing Elizabethan fencing manuals written in English before 1600. In addition, it explores the influence of a new form of violence introduced into Elizabethan culture by the invention of the rapier.
Author: Dale Anthony Girard Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1000399052 Category : Performing Arts Languages : en Pages : 908
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Actors on Guard, Second Edition is the most comprehensive book covering the current practices in learning, rehearsing and performing safe and dynamic swordfights with the single rapier and the rapier and dagger for both stage and screen. Focusing specifically on the Elizabethan rapier and dagger – the most popular weapons used in stage fights – Actors on Guard provides actors, directors, teachers, stage managers and technicians the skills and knowledge essential to presenting safe and effective swordfights. The book takes the reader through the complex process of selecting safe stage weapons, learning the basic handling and management of the rapier and dagger, as well as how to safely move and interact in the potentially dangerous process of learning, rehearsing and performing choreographed swordplay. This new edition has been revised with current industry practices, featuring hundreds of step-by-step practical exercises in the care and handling of prop swords, footwork, guards, parries, cutting and thrusting techniques, blade taking actions, disarms, wounds and kills using the rapier and dagger, with revised diagrams and photographs. An excellent sourcebook for university stage combat classes as well as self-learners, Actors on Guard provides the reader with the historical, theoretical and practical basis for mastering the art of sword fighting for the stage and screen. The book includes access to a wealth of online resources, with additional information that expands upon specific mechanics, techniques and concepts covered in the text as well as some video demonstrations of solo and partnered techniques and exercises.
Author: John S Lennox
Author: John S Lennox
Author: J. D. Martinez
Author: John Lennox
Author: Charles Edelman
Author: Erick Vaughn Wolfe
Author: William Hobbs
Author: Robert Eustis Morsberger
Author: Seth Duerr
Author: Craig Turner
Author: Dale Anthony Girard