How do actors bring Shakespeare’s lines to life so that modern audiences immediately understand the text? One way is to emphasize the names of people and places at certain points. That technique is called billboarding. And: Anyone for an...
Billboarding is theater slang for giving a word or phrase a little extra prominence, the way a skilled Shakespearean actor might set off the first mention of a person or place so the audience catches it. The technique is one of many practical habits...