Sword fighting : a manual for actors & directors

Sword fighting : a manual for actors & directors

Ducklin, Keith, Waller, John, 1940-

Fencing2001English

Description

'Reality first' -- Body mechanics -- Weapon design -- Clothing and protection -- Character and motivation -- Terminology -- Sequence one: late medieval two-handed sword -- Sequence two: late medieval hand-and-a-half sword -- Sequence three: sixteenth-century single-handed sword and buckler -- Sequence four: sixteenth & seventeenth-century rapier and dagger -- Sequence five: late seventeenth-century transition rapier and eighteenth-century smallsword -- Blocking the fight -- The fight during perf

Subjects

Acting techniquesTechnical & background skillsPerforming Arts/DancePerforming ArtsActing & AuditioningTheater - Direction & ProductionPerforming Arts / Theater / GeneralFencingStage fightingStage fencing

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