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In-person in NYC

March 2nd & 9th
2:00 - 5:00pm
La MaMa ETC
47 Great Jones St., NYC

Full Contact Shakespeare connects deep dramaturgy, modern acting methods, and classic technical, rhetorical, and poetic tools.

The intended style is intense, coherent, flexible, and joyful—empowering artists to create unforgettable, heartfelt, personal work.

Here is my video series on some of the main ideas:

And my plot flowcharts of Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet:

Other resources:

Shakespeare’s Words — complete works, relationship diagrams, searchable glossary, and more

A quick guide to scansion and meter in verse

Video introduction to iambic pentameter from RSC Learning Zone

Common rhetorical and literary devices in the plays

Silva Rhetoricae — deep dive on classical and renaissance rhetoric

Play Shakespeare — various resources, including doubling charts

Isaac Asimov’s Guide to Shakespeare, Volume One and Volume Two

Bodleian First Folio — The First Folio, fully digitized

MIT Shakespeare — complete works in html plaintext format

Questions? Send me a message!