These words of Cicely Berry, the voice director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, speak to anyone who needs to speak his or her piece - in any arena, at sales meetings or religious revivals. Berry's book will insure that the speaker and the text gets heard - accurately and with true emotional range. Never again will one be accused of simply "reading a prepared statement." Berry's exercises to develop relaxation, breathing and muscular control will literally help everyone breathe easier when confronting the printed page.
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The book, The Actor and the Text, by Cicely Berry, is an excellent book which opens actors up to the idea of studying the text of the play rather than the action. Ms.Berry's book specifically focuses on the text of William Shakespeare's plays. She gives detailed examples of exercises that can be very useful to actors attempting to decipher the language of Shakespeare. Personally as an actor, I found this book to be extremely helpful not only for Shakespeare, but for all plays. The book really made me look at plays entirely differently. In the past when first reading a play, I would simply read through it and think about where my character starts out in the beginning of the play and where he would end up at the end of the play. When I read a play now I really pay a lot more attention to the words and the language that the author chose. Once again, Cicely Berry's book is an excellent reference for all actors who are looking to make a personal improvement towards their acting skills and also their interpretation of language.
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Cicely Berry, Voice Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, has written an exemplary book for actors, particularly those performing works by Shakespeare. She somehow finds the words that express the elusive feel for Shakespeare's language that any good Shakespearean actor must develop. Her descriptions, examples and exercises provide a comprehensive training program for actors that recreates the work she has done with some of the world's great Shakespearean actors of our day: an essential book.
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This book is about ways of working on the speaking of text. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
whole thought structure, metre stress, sustaining corn, continuant consonants, unstressed position, verbal energy, solo work, joining words Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Midsummer-Night's Dream, The Dream, The Winter's Tale, King Lear, First Soldier, Love's Labour's Lost, Merchant of Venice, Lady Macbeth, Second Soldier, Comedy of Errors, Mister Delroy, Third Soldier, Titus Andronicus, Queen Margaret New!
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This book is about ways of working on the speaking of text. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
whole thought structure, metre stress, sustaining corn, continuant consonants, unstressed position, verbal energy, solo work, joining words Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Midsummer-Night's Dream, The Dream, The Winter's Tale, King Lear, First Soldier, Love's Labour's Lost, Merchant of Venice, Lady Macbeth, Second Soldier, Comedy of Errors, Mister Delroy, Third Soldier, Titus Andronicus, Queen Margaret New!
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- The War Plays (Methuen Modern Plays) by Edward Bond in Front Matter, page 31, and page 247
- Romeo and Juliet (Folger Shakespeare Library) by William Shakespeare on page 26, and page 69
- Man and Superman by George Bernard Shaw in Front Matter, and page 246
- Samson Agonistes by John Milton in Front Matter, and page 88
- Romeo And Juliet (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (Saddleback Classics) by William Shakespeare on page 26, and page 69
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- Thinking Like a Director: A Practical Handbook by Michael Bloom on 4 pages
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- One Voice by Joan Melton on page 120, page 125, and page 126
- The Singing and Acting Handbook : Games and Exercises for the Performer by Thomas De Mallet Burgess on page 129, page 138, and Back Matter
- Shakespeare and Feminist Performance: Ideology on Stage (Accents on Shakespeare) by Sarah Werner on page 24, page 44, and Back Matter
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