Cicely Berry, Voice Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, is world famous for her voice teaching. Text in Action contains the insights she has gleaned from 50 years of working with actors and directors across the globe. Here she draws on her group work to emphasis how actors and directors can use the rehersal process to heighten their collective awareness of language.

This book is essential for all actors and directors, covers both classical and modern writing. It includes pratical exercises to maximise understanding and communication of text.