The Actor Speaks
Voice and the Performer
2nd Edition
Published on 15. December 2022
400 pages
978-1-350-28968-0 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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.
More details
Series
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-350-28968-0 (9781350289680)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
01/2023
2nd Edition
Bloomsbury Academic
€30.00
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Person
Patsy Rodenburg, OBE, is Professor of Text and Poetry at Guildhall School of Music & Drama, UK after serving as Head of Voice from 1981-2016. In 1981 she was appointed the Voice Coach for the Royal Shakespeare Company, responsible for the works of the Company in London, and in 1990 was appointed the first Head of Voice at the Royal National Theatre where she ran the department until 2006.
She has worked with theatre companies across the UK including Theatre de Complicitè, Shared Experience, Cheek by Jowl and the Royal Court, having coached numerous West End and Broadway productions. Patsy has also worked at many major theatre companies all over the world, including Stratford Festival Theatre (Ontario, Canada), Kabuki Theatre (Japan), Indian National Theatre (Mumbai, Japan), Lithuania National Drama Theatre (Vilnius, Lithuania), Royal Dramatic Theatre (Stockholm, Sweden), The Market Theatre (Johannesburg, South Africa), Beijing Opera (China) and Verbier Festival (Verbier, Switzerland). She has been teaching storytelling to teachers and corporate leaders since 1976.
She has worked with theatre companies across the UK including Theatre de Complicitè, Shared Experience, Cheek by Jowl and the Royal Court, having coached numerous West End and Broadway productions. Patsy has also worked at many major theatre companies all over the world, including Stratford Festival Theatre (Ontario, Canada), Kabuki Theatre (Japan), Indian National Theatre (Mumbai, Japan), Lithuania National Drama Theatre (Vilnius, Lithuania), Royal Dramatic Theatre (Stockholm, Sweden), The Market Theatre (Johannesburg, South Africa), Beijing Opera (China) and Verbier Festival (Verbier, Switzerland). She has been teaching storytelling to teachers and corporate leaders since 1976.
Content
Foreword by Judi Dench
Introduction: Stories, Theatre, Actors
Acknowledgements
Stage One: The Actor First Speaks
Stage Two: Extending the Voice into Resonance, Range and Speech
Stage Three: Voice and Speech Meet Word and Text
Stage Four: Voice and Text Meet the Rehearsal
Stage Five: Voice, Text and Rehearsal Meet the Stage
Stage Six: The Production Meets an Audience
Stage Seven: Re-creating the Work Again and Again
Index
Introduction: Stories, Theatre, Actors
Acknowledgements
Stage One: The Actor First Speaks
Stage Two: Extending the Voice into Resonance, Range and Speech
Stage Three: Voice and Speech Meet Word and Text
Stage Four: Voice and Text Meet the Rehearsal
Stage Five: Voice, Text and Rehearsal Meet the Stage
Stage Six: The Production Meets an Audience
Stage Seven: Re-creating the Work Again and Again
Index
