The Actor Speaks
eBook - PDF

The Actor Speaks

Voice and the Performer

  1. 400 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Actor Speaks

Voice and the Performer

About this book

From the bestselling author of The Right to Speak and The Need for Words comes this Bloomsbury Revelations edition of the essential guide to voice work: The Actor Speaks. Beginning with what every first-year acting student faces in class and ending with what leading professional actors must achieve every night on stage, Patsy Rodenburg's celebrated work as one of the world's foremost voice and acting coaches is fully revealed in this thoughtful and inspirational book about acting. Written for the training and working actor, Rodenburg's book brings to life a wide range of exercises and methods to release the actor's voice, covering everything from posture, breath and the body, performing in specific spaces, previews and first performances, managing different length runs, using microphones and dealing with an ageing or sick voice. This book allows the reader to perform every night, reaching the pitch, passion and vocal intensity that the best roles require.

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Information

Year
2022
Print ISBN
9781350289673
eBook ISBN
9781350289680
Edition
2
Subtopic
Drama

Table of contents

  1. Half Title
  2. Series Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Foreword
  8. Introduction: Stories, Theatre, Actors
  9. Acknowledgements
  10. Stage I: The Actor First Speaks
  11. Stage II: Extending The Voice Into Resonance, Range And Speech
  12. Stage III: Voice And Speech Meet Word And Text
  13. Stage IV: Voice And Text Meet The Rehearsal
  14. Stage V: Voice, Text And Rehearsal Meet The Stage
  15. Stage VI: The Production Meets An Audience
  16. Stage VII: Re-creating the Work Again and Again
  17. INDEX