The Actor Speaks
eBook - ePub

The Actor Speaks

Voice and the Performer

  1. 418 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Actor Speaks

Voice and the Performer

About this book

The essential actor ' s manual for vocal mastery from "the most respected voice coach in Britain . . . a dynamo of thoughts, suggestions and exercises" (Mel Gussow, The New York Times ).

In The Actor Speaks, Patsy Rodenburg takes actors of all levels through a complete voice workshop. She touches on every aspect of performance work that involves the voice and sorts through the kinds of vexing problems every performer faces onstage: breath and relaxation; vocal range and power; communication with other actors; singing and acting simultaneously; working in both large and small auditoriums; approaching the vocal demands of different kinds of scripts; and more.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Notice
  4. Dedication
  5. Foreword
  6. Introduction
  7. Stage One: The Actor First Speaks
  8. Stage Two: Extending the Voice into Resonance, Range and Speech
  9. Stage Three: Voice and Speech Meet Word and Text
  10. Stage Four: Voice and Text Meet the Rehearsal
  11. Stage Five: Voice, Text and Rehearsal Meet the Stage
  12. Stage Six: The Production Meets an Audience
  13. Stage Seven: Re-creating the Work Again and Again
  14. Index
  15. Praise for Patsy Rodenburg
  16. Also by Patsy Rodenburg
  17. About the Author
  18. Newsletter Sign-up
  19. Contents
  20. Copyright