{"title":"Books by Dr Abigail Rokison-Woodall","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9781350120419","title":"As You Like It: Language and Writing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAs You Like It: Language and Writing\u003c\/i\u003e explores one of Shakespeare’s best-known comedies. It considers the literary and theatrical contexts in which Shakespeare was writing; examines, in detail, the different forms of language used in the play and considers ways in which language and meaning have changed over time, and are affected by performance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach chapter contains a 'Writing matters' section which provides suggestions for activities that can further enhance a student’s understanding of the play. This informative guide to Shakespeare's popular comedy equips students with the critical skills to analyze its language, structure and themes and to expand and enrich their own responses to the play.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":56298026041717,"sku":"9781350120419","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":57688239145333,"sku":"9781350120426","price":55.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781350120419.jpg?v=1792686184"},{"product_id":"9781350244092","title":"Shakespeare and Lecoq","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book provides actors, directors, teachers and students with a clear, practical guide to applying the work of influential theatre practitioner Jacques Lecoq to the process of rehearsing or workshopping the Shakespeare text.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten by theatre practitioner Ed Woodall, who trained with Lecoq himself, and Shakespeare academic Abigail Rokison-Woodall, this guide begins with warm-ups and ensemble-building, and moves through explorations of the story, the world of the play, the text, character emotion, thought and physicality and staging.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLecoq’s method often relies on ‘play’, and play is often seen as trivial or inconsequential. This book argues that the more playful you are, the more playfully you investigate your speech or scene and the more physically motivated that playfulness is, the more vital and lifelike your acting of Shakespeare will be.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56312216027509,"sku":"9781350244092","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781350244092_62c100ae-65e2-499c-aceb-023716bdb9eb.jpg?v=1786017985"},{"product_id":"shakespeares-dramatic-verse","title":"Shakespeare's Dramatic Verse","description":"How does Shakespeare use verse to dramatic effect? What are the basic rules of his most common metre, iambic pentameter? What metre is used for the witches in Macbeth? Can you tell the difference between a trochee and spondee?Abigail Rokison-Woodall guides us through the intricacies of Shakespeare’s dramatic verse to answer the fundamental questions of his poetic form. From blank verse to songs and sonnets, this guide explains the basic 10 syllable verse line of iambic pentameter and explores how it varies through anapests, trochees, spondees, other metrical feet and line endings. The different metres used for the witches in Macbeth and the fairies in A Midsummer Night’s Dream take us through tetrameters and trimeters. Monosyllables, rhyme, enjambment and the change from verse into prose are explained in terms of their dramatic significance to create new resonances for readers. An indispensable resource for students and performers, this close look at Shakespeare’s verse spans the whole of his writing career and ensures a deeper understanding of the form.   Arden Shakespeare Insights are short guides that offer context and critical evaluation to inform and enrich the study of Shakespeare’s plays or poems. These short, practical and expert guides illuminate Shakespeare’s texts and provide a fully rounded view of his world and his work from the early modern period to the present day.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":57695274369397,"sku":"9781350445581","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":57697034273141,"sku":"9781350445598","price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-dr-abigail-rokison-woodall.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}