Article: Veteran actor Gielgud dies, 96.

Transcript: Profile: New academy in Washington, DC, helps actors hone ...
NPR Morning Edition;  September 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ...00-00-0000 Profile: New academy in Washington, DC, helps actors hone their craft in Shakespearean roles Host: RENEE MONTAGNE Time: 11:00 AM-12:00 Noon RENEE MONTAGNE, host: Actors are always taking classes, keeping in shape ...

Article: Roger Rees Tests His 'Will'; Shakespearean Roles ...
The Washington Post;  March 25, 2007 ;     700+ words ...When he speaks to young people about the actor's life, Roger Rees finds he has to edit himself. Severely. The stars who defined his gold-plated years on the British stage -- 22 of them with the Royal Shakespeare Company -- might be seared into his consciousness, but they haven't necessarily been

Article: Earle M. Edgerton, 57 Actor of Shakespearean roles
The Boston Globe;  June 12, 1992 ;     346 words ...Earle M. Edgerton, a Shakespearean actor who performed at Boston's Huntington Theater among other stages, died Tuesday in Sloane Kettering Memorial Hospital in New York after having battled esophageal cancer since Thanksgiving. He was 57. He was living in New York at the time of his death. Most of

Article: What sayest thou? (number of lines for Shakespearean ...
U.S. News & World Report;  July 2, 1990 ;     379 words ...A Hamlet's lines are usually pared down, but memorizing the part can still take up to six weeks. Shakespeare's archaic dialect leads some theaters to hire a vocal coach. The worst role may be Dr. Caius in "The Merry Wives of Windsor," who speaks the Bard's English with a French accent.

Article: FOR YOUNG ACTORS, ALL THE MALL'S A STAGE 2,800 STUDENTS PLAY ...
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  May 11, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Byline: John C. Ensslin News Staff Writer It's hard dying on the 16th Street Mall, sandwiched between the ESPN Zone and a honking shuttle bus. But die they did, these sixth-graders from Place Middle School. And they died quite well, playing the climactic sword fight in Act 5, Scene 2, from

Article: Actor builds `human and real' Bard characters: Van Griethuysen ...
The Washington Times;  September 5, 1997 ;     700+ words ..."Actors usually feel they have to become somebody else to do Shakespeare," says Ted van Griethuysen, one of the pillars of the core acting company at the Shakespeare Theatre. Mr. van Griethuysen doesn't like the affectation of becoming somebody else - the false voice, the synthetic musical speaking

Article: Craftsman awaiting the arrival of Bard's Ariel; Scott Handy, who ...
The Birmingham Post (England);  February 23, 1998 ;     700+ words ...When I met Scott Handy during rehearsals for the RSC's new production of The Tempest, he wasn't at all sure how his performance as Ariel was going to turn out. This is the last of an interesting trio of roles he has landed in his first season with the company, after Bassanio in The Merchant of