The Actor Speaks; Voice and the Performer

by Patsy Rodenburg, Foreword by Dame Judi Dench

• ISBN13: 9780312233433
• ISBN10: 0312233434
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2000-09-11
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

In The Actor Speaks, Patsy Rodenburg takes actors and actresses, both professional and beginners, 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 on different sized stages and in both large and small auditoriums; approaching the vocal demands of different kinds of scripts. This is the final word on the actor's voice and it's destined to become the classic work on the subject for some time to come.

Author Biography

Patsy Rodenburg is Director of Voice at London's Royal National Theater and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. As a leading voice and acting coach, she works regularly with actors including Judi Dench, Sir Ian McKellen, Nicole Kidman, and Ralph Fiennes.

Dame Judi Dench, one of the foremost actors of our day, has won the Oscar, the Tony and the Olivier award.

Table of Contents

Foreword	viii
Introduction	xi
The Actor First Speaks	1	(88)
Extending the Voice into Resonance, Range and Speech	89	(72)
Voice and Speech Meet Word and Text	161	(74)
Voice and Text Meet the Rehearsal	235	(58)
Voice, Text and Rehearsal Meet the Stage	293	(40)
The Production Meets an Audience	333	(18)
Re-creating the Work Again and Again	351	(38)
Index	389