Acting With an Accent Yiddish [Audio Cassette]

David Stern (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1988

Self-instructional program with step-by-step lessons to learn the Yiddish accent. CD w/book.

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About the Author

David Alan Stern founded Dialect Accent Specialists in Hollywood in 1980. Among the students he has coached are: Mike Farrell, Jack Klugman, Liam Neeson, Edward James Olmos, Bronson Pinchot, Lynn Redgrave, and Michael York, as well as Oscar winners Forest Whitaker, Geena Davis, Olympia Dukakis, and Sally Field. He is now Professor of Dramatic Arts at the University of Connecticut. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Meriwether Pub (June 1988)
• ISBN-10: 9992807245
• ISBN-13: 978-9992807248
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.2 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,703,493 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A Little Something To Passover, March 15, 2008

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Harlan Quinn (Ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Acting With an Accent/Yiddish (Audio CD)

My community theatre group was about to produce a play called "The Cemetry Club" for our March dinner theatre. The story concerns three Jewish widows who visit their husbands graves.

We wanted to try for authentic accents, so I purchased "Acting with a Yiddish Accent." The CD came with a small pamphlet giving suggestions on vocal inflections and tonal qualities. But, what good is the printed word when it comes to the actual flavor of an accent? Not much, unfortunately

The CD quality was good, but the subject matter was limited. It did try to provide cadence patterns and inflections, but it seemed to veer more into parody than actual speech.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Acting With an Accent Yiddish, April 4, 2000

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pLeentZA (San Francisco, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Acting With an Accent Yiddish (Audio Cassette)

This book helped me to perfect a Yiddish accent for the musical "Fiddler on the Roof". After going through the lessons, I'm more confident on stage, and the accent is lending so much more to my dialog. This is a wonderful book for anybody wanting or needing to learn a Yiddish accent. Haha, look at me going on about this book... a regular Yente. Mazeltov to Stern!

4.0 out of 5 stars Acting With an Accent/Yiddish, December 3, 2010

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This review is from: Acting With an Accent/Yiddish (Audio CD)

We are performing FIDDLER this year, and the CD has been very helpful to the actors in creating believable Yiddish accents for the various characters. This includes varying pitch and emphasis on syllables.