I found the documentary about Directing Shakespere very intersting. There were some quotes and different pharses which stood out to me. The first one being how the commentary described Hamlet as a play "about the torment of the human soul." This is true, every single soliloquy I have read has only shown how mentally Tormented Hamlet is.
"Hamlets soul searching is one of the most complex and philosofical journeys of all acting" which is why it has taken the greatest of male actors across the ages to play the part. The Director in this documentary, Jacabi, should know. He played the part himself. In the documentary you can see an actor trying to direct actors as he expresses the line "Where is Polonius" just the way he wants it to be said, word for word. He explains what its like to give away acting secrets to the then young man Kenneth Barrangh, who appears to be following the legendary elder mans footsteps.
The different actors have thier own views about how to interpret thier roles, but they most deffinitely appreciate everything the director has to say.Richard Eastan plays the part of Claudius. His Claudius views Hamlet as a loser, and he wants the audience not to realise he is the villain at firist. The director also changes how Ophelia is viewed. When her father dies, "Ophelia is reduced to the madness Hamlet pretends." She is also present in Hamlets To Be Or Not To Be solilouquy, when normally a solilouquy is only done with the actor who is saying it alone on the stage.
The documentary also described Shakesperes choice of words and how important they are, "language is the glory of shakespere, but can be difficult to a modern actor," which is why it takes a great actor to play any character in shakesperes plays. Sure highschoolers and amateurs have tried, but an actor really has to really understand the words Shakespere has given in the script. Its not just memorization of the lines and then saying them out lous like a robot, but really understanding the character the way Shakespere wanted it to be, the "whole natuer of a line is that in reveals the character."
Once the actors have captured the characters personality they can create moments, and really make the turnabout moments special, "each effective drama has at least one moment where everything hinges after which and because of which nothing can be the same for anyone.
"Hamlets soul searching is one of the most complex and philosofical journeys of all acting" which is why it has taken the greatest of male actors across the ages to play the part. The Director in this documentary, Jacabi, should know. He played the part himself. In the documentary you can see an actor trying to direct actors as he expresses the line "Where is Polonius" just the way he wants it to be said, word for word. He explains what its like to give away acting secrets to the then young man Kenneth Barrangh, who appears to be following the legendary elder mans footsteps.
The different actors have thier own views about how to interpret thier roles, but they most deffinitely appreciate everything the director has to say.Richard Eastan plays the part of Claudius. His Claudius views Hamlet as a loser, and he wants the audience not to realise he is the villain at firist. The director also changes how Ophelia is viewed. When her father dies, "Ophelia is reduced to the madness Hamlet pretends." She is also present in Hamlets To Be Or Not To Be solilouquy, when normally a solilouquy is only done with the actor who is saying it alone on the stage.
The documentary also described Shakesperes choice of words and how important they are, "language is the glory of shakespere, but can be difficult to a modern actor," which is why it takes a great actor to play any character in shakesperes plays. Sure highschoolers and amateurs have tried, but an actor really has to really understand the words Shakespere has given in the script. Its not just memorization of the lines and then saying them out lous like a robot, but really understanding the character the way Shakespere wanted it to be, the "whole natuer of a line is that in reveals the character."
Once the actors have captured the characters personality they can create moments, and really make the turnabout moments special, "each effective drama has at least one moment where everything hinges after which and because of which nothing can be the same for anyone.
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