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The Need for Words: Voice and the Text [Paperback]

Patsy Rodenburg (Author)

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Publication Date: June 16, 1993 | ISBN-10: 0878300511 | ISBN-13: 978-0878300518

How we speak, what we speak and the impact of the spoken word is the story Patsy Rodenburg tells in this companion volume to her bestselling first book, The Right to Speak, her "Owner's Manual of the Voice." Rodenburg's humane attitude toward her reader and her keen awareness of the anxiety of amateur speakers set this work apart from other books on the voice. She first addresses each of the obstacles which prevent access to language and offers ways to overcome them. Part Two includes "Working with the Text," a series of exercises in which Rodenburg uses the language of Shakespeare, Romantic poetry, contemporary prose and numerous other texts in order to prompt the reader to discover his or her own unique need for words.

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"Playwrights...still think the words speak for themselves. They don't, and in this excellent book Patsy Rodenburg shows why." -- Alan Bennett, Playwright

About the Author

Patsy Rodenburg teaches at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London, and is currently Head of the Voice Department at London's Royal National Theatre, where she has worked with such actors as Ian McKellen, Judi Dench and Daniel Day-Lewis.

Product Details

Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Routledge (June 16, 1993)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0878300511
ISBN-13: 978-0878300518
Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,384,617 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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