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.
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“Patsy Rodenburg wants to free your voice so that you can express yourself fully and honestly.” —Sir Ian McKellen
“Patsy Rodenburg is the most respected voice coach in Britain.” —New York Times
“Patsy Rodenburg is the most respected voice coach in Britain.” —New York Times
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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.
Dame Judi Dench, one of the foremost actors of our day, has won the Oscar, the Tony and the Olivier award.
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This book presents a practical guide for all working actors--whether they're preparing for their first role or their hundred and first. Actors have three tools to communicate with an audience--face, body, and voice. This book enables the actor to fully use the third as he performs.
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The Actor Speaks is a practical guide to acting. It tells you what to do with your instrument. It is a great book for any performer. However it is purely practically, it doesn't get you out of playing Hamlet perfectly in the livingroom. To prepare for the real industry outside the practical I also recommend picking up "My Fractured Life" by Rikki Lee Travolta. It gives a very detailed and graphic look at real life as actors trying to make it in modern society and some tips on getting luck to play in your favor.
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Ms. Rodenburg is one of the most wise and trusted teachers in the theater today. Her books are a veritable map of how to have and maintain a free voice - that which any good actor yearns to have, especially doing 8 shows a week as in the regionals or on Broadway. The books are the next best thing to being in the classroom with her - something every actor should experience at least once. Whether you are just beginning your acting studies, or in the thick of a professional career, this book will be an asset to you.
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Grey September. I walk into a room at London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama to meet twenty-four new and nervous students. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
point above eyeline, stand centred, breath support system, heightened text, head resonators, rib reserve, owning words, bone prop, breath system, breath recoveries, vocal freedom, acting clues, glottal attack, lower breath, speech muscles, head resonances, dead acoustic, many young actors, vocal tension, optimum pitch, modem theatres, vocal energy, more articulation, breathe the space, vocal habits Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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Grey September. I walk into a room at London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama to meet twenty-four new and nervous students. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
point above eyeline, stand centred, breath support system, heightened text, head resonators, rib reserve, owning words, bone prop, breath system, breath recoveries, vocal freedom, acting clues, glottal attack, lower breath, speech muscles, head resonances, dead acoustic, many young actors, vocal tension, optimum pitch, modem theatres, vocal energy, more articulation, breathe the space, vocal habits Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Royal National Theatre, Stage Three, Old Vic, Stage Two, Stage One New!
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- Actor Speaks (Performance Books) by Patsy Rodenburg on 4 pages
- The Right to Speak: Working with the Voice by Patsy Rodenburg in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Front Matter (3)
- Need for Words (Performance Books) by Patsy Rodenburg in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- Pack of Lies (Acting Edition) by Hugh Whitemore in Front Matter
- A Day in the Death of Joe Egg by Peter Nichols on page 230
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- The Theater Experience by Edwin Wilson in Back Matter
- Break a Leg!: The Kid's Guide to Acting and Stagecraft by Lise Friedman in Back Matter
- The Truth About Being a Leader by Karen Otazo in Back Matter
- Theater: The Lively Art w. CD-ROM and Theatergoers Guide by Edwin Wilson in Back Matter
- Shakespeare and Feminist Performance: Ideology on Stage (Accents on Shakespeare) by Sarah Werner in Back Matter
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