Abigail Rokison-Woodall is Deputy Director of the Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham, UK. She began her career as a professional actor, training at LAMDA. Her first monograph, Shakespearean Verse Speaking won the Shakespeare’s Globe first book award. She has authored a number of journal articles and chapters on Shakespeare and theatre, as well as Shakespeare for Young People, Shakespeare in the Theatre: Nicholas Hytner and As You Like It: Language and Writing.Ed Woodall is an acting coach and movement director. He trained with Jacques Lecoq at the École Jacques Lecoq between 1989-91 and has worked in physical theatre with Complicité, Improbable and Kneehigh as well as acting in a number of films and RSC productions of Shakespeare.

• Chapter 1. Warm-UpsChapter 2. Building an EnsembleChapter 3. Exploring the StoryChapter 4. Exploring the World of PlayChapter 5. Exploring the World of TextChapter 6. Character 1 - Exploring Character, Emotion and ThoughtChapter 7. Character 2 - Exploring Character PhysicalityChapter 8. Character 3 - Exploring Character TypesChapter 9. Laughter and PlayChapter 10. Staging the PlaysIndex

Abigail Rokison-Woodall is Deputy Director of the Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham, UK. She began her career as a professional actor, training at LAMDA. Her first monograph, Shakespearean Verse Speaking won the Shakespeare’s Globe first book award. She has authored a number of journal articles and chapters on Shakespeare and theatre, as well as Shakespeare for Young People, Shakespeare in the Theatre: Nicholas Hytner and As You Like It: Language and Writing.Ed Woodall is an acting coach and movement director. He trained with Jacques Lecoq at the École Jacques Lecoq between 1989-91 and has worked in physical theatre with Complicité, Improbable and Kneehigh as well as acting in a number of films and RSC productions of Shakespeare.

• Chapter 1. Warm-UpsChapter 2. Building an EnsembleChapter 3. Exploring the StoryChapter 4. Exploring the World of PlayChapter 5. Exploring the World of TextChapter 6. Character 1 - Exploring Character, Emotion and ThoughtChapter 7. Character 2 - Exploring Character PhysicalityChapter 8. Character 3 - Exploring Character TypesChapter 9. Laughter and PlayChapter 10. Staging the PlaysIndex