The Actor Speaks: Voice and the Performer

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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. Half Title Series Page Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Contents Foreword Introduction: Stories, Theatre, Actors Acknowledgements Stage I: The Actor First Speaks Stage II: Extending The Voice Into Resonance, Range And Speech Stage III: Voice And Speech Meet Word And Text Stage IV: Voice And Text Meet The Rehearsal Stage V: Voice, Text And Rehearsal Meet The Stage Stage VI: The Production Meets An Audience Stage VII: Re-creating the Work Again and Again INDEX