Dr Abigail Rokison-Woodall and Ed Woodall launch new guide for Shakespeare performers
Shakespeare and Lecoq: A Practical Guide is the latest in a series of releases applying the theories of renowned theatre practitioners to Shakespeare’s plays
Shakespeare and Lecoq: A Practical Guide is the latest in a series of releases applying the theories of renowned theatre practitioners to Shakespeare’s plays
Leading lights of British theatre attended the London launch of a new book by Dr Abigail Rokison-Woodall, Associate Professor in Shakespeare and Theatre at the Shakespeare Institute, and Lecoq-trained theatre practitioner Ed Woodall, which explores the intersections between the work of Shakespeare and renowned theatre practitioner Jacques Lecoq.
Actors Toby Jones (who trained with Ed at L’Ecole Jacques Lecoq), Monica Dolan, Ben Miles and Alexandra Gilbreath and directors Stephen Unwin and Lucy Bailey were all in attendance at the event at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) on Monday to mark the release of Shakespeare and Lecoq: A Practical Guide.
Written by Dr Abigail Rokison-Woodall and Ed Woodall, the guide is the latest in the series of Arden Shakespeare Performance Companions that accompany the Arden Shakespeare Performance Editions – releases of Shakespeare’s plays created specifically for use in the rehearsal room. Both series of the guides and Editions are edited by Dr Rokison-Woodall alongside Professor Michael Dobson, Professor of Shakespeare Studies and Director of the Shakespeare Institute.
The launch last night was a great success. It was a delight to have so many brilliant theatre practitioners and teachers in one room. We were also thrilled that so many LAMDA students were in attendance, and that three students demonstrated one of the exercises from the book so well. Having trained at LAMDA many years ago it was particularly meaningful that they were able to host the launch
Other guides available in the Arden Shakespeare Performance Companions series are Shakespeare and Meisner, Shakespeare and Stanislavsky, Shakespeare’s Rhetoric, and 'You' and 'Thou' in Shakespeare.