1st Edition

Shakespeare's 'Method' for Actors As Revealed in The First Folio 1623

By Christine Ozanne Copyright 2026
186 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

186 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

By using only the First Folio text, this book acts as an original guide to performing Shakespeare’s plays. This book is the accumulation of the many Clues from the First Folio of Shakespeare’s plays (as opposed to any edited version) that help to inform contemporary performances and offers  a complete understanding of the text. This study compares the original acting of Shakespeare's plays... Read more

Preface

Acknowledgements

 

Chapter 1. Introduction

 

Chapter 2. Every Actor’s Job

 

Chapter 3. Various Acting Methods

 

Chapter 4. Introduction to the Clues

 

Chapter 5. Structure: Clues 1 – 6

 

Chapter 6. Words: Clues 7 – 16

 

Chapter 7. Printing: Clues 17 – 22

 

Chapter 8. Wordplay: Clues 23 – 30

 

Chapter 9. Training Sessions

 

Chapter 10. Finding the Clues

 

Epilogue

 

Appendix

 

How to download your first Folio Speeches

 

Notes

 

Bibliography

 

Index

Biography

Christine Ozanne is an actor who has worked in all areas of the entertainment industry since graduating with Honours from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). After many years of acting work, she developed her own style of teaching Shakespeare from the First Folio text, following her husband, Patrick Tucker’s early discoveries that the author had placed many different Clues into the actors’ lines.