The Actor Speaks: Voice and the Performer Book

Beginning with what every first-year acting student faces in class and ending with what leading professional actors must achieve every night, Patsy Rodenburg's work is fully revealed in this book about the process of acting. Rodenburg takes actors and actresses through a complete voice workshop. She touches on every aspect of performance work that involves the voice and sorts through the kinds of problems every performer faces onstage: breath & relaxation, vocal range & power, communication with other actors, singing and acting simultaneously, working on different sized stages, and approaching the vocal demands of different kinds of scripts. CONTENTS: 1) The Actor First Speaks 2) Extending the Voice into Resonance, Range & Speech 3) Voice & Speech Meet Word and Text 4) Voice & Text Meet the Rehearsal 5) Voice, Text & Rehearsal Meet the Stage 6) The Production Meets and Audience 7) Re-creating the Work Again and AgainRead More