Shakespeare's Influence | Tradition, Style, and the Shakespearean Actor Today
Tradition, according to the dictionary, is "the handing down of customs, opinion, or doctrines from ancestors to posterity, from the past to the present, by oral communication; an opinion, custom, or doctrine thus handed down; principles or accumulated experiences of earlier generations handed on to others."
It is often said that the English stage has none of the great tradition of acting that has given dignity and substance to the theaters of France, Germany, and Russia in their finest days. Today the National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Barbican are hoping to...
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