Shakespeare and Gesture in Practice: Shakespeare in Practice (Shakespeare in Practice, 3)

This Is The First Study Of Gesture In Shakespeare, Tackling Not Only Those Gestures Declared In The Text, But Also Drawing On Recent Scholarship On Kinesics And Gestural Codes To Shed New Light On Practice. Through Theoretical And Practical Analysis Of The Role Of Gesture, Tunstall Argues That It Must Be Seen Within A Network Of Non-verbal Acts.-- Part I. Theory. What Is Gesture? -- Ideas Of Gesture: Before And After Shakespeare -- Part Ii. Practice. Shakespeare's Practice -- Eighteenth-century Gesture -- Gestural Landmarks From Garrick To Irving -- Modern And Postmodern Gestures -- The Use Of Video In The Study Of Gesture -- Interviews And Closing Thoughts. Darren Tunstall. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 162-176) And Index.