[NEohioPAL] Shakespeare on acting buff this summer

[Terry J Smith]

The following includes the introduction to my essay, "Terry's Tap Ten"
and some information on Shakespeare productions this summer.

For more information, go to www.actingbuff.com

To be,
Terry Smith


Tap Ten:

I can count on one hand the great things about Shakespeare.

When I began to memorize lines for my first Shakespeare part I used two hands.
 With the iambic pentameter (IP) employed in most of his writing, there are
usually ten syllables per line.  So when working to memorize a few lines, I
could pause from reading, set the book down, and tap out the syllables, one
for each finger on the
              ... MORE(see how just one hand works, www.actingbuff.com)


Also, for Shakespeare productions this summer, see the Showtime Calendar at
www.actingbuff.com

- Cleveland Shakespeare Festival:  Love's Labor's Lost; Othello
- Ohio Shakepeare Festival:        Love's Labor's Lost
- Oberlin Summer Theater:          Hamlet

NOTE:
Which is the correct spelling of the title of the play: Love's Labour's Lost
or Love's Labours Lost?

The title in its current form is taken from the Third Folio. The earlier
Folios have the title Loues Labour's Lost. There is much debate over where to
place the comma (if at all) in "Labour's". Some scholars think that
Shakespeare intended it to mean "Labour is", which would make it "Love's
Labour is Lost." But others argue that there should be no comma at all in
"Labours" (thus making it the nominative plural). This is how the play is
known in other countries - for example, in France it is called "Labours of the
Love Lost" or sometimes "Sorrows of the Love Lost."

Mabillard, Amanda. Love's Labour's Lost: Q & A Shakespeare Online. 7/2/2011
http://www.shakespeare-online.com/faq/lovefaq.html