Voice and the ActorVoice and the Actor covers everything actors need to know about controlling the voice, their most important instrument. It includes detailed, clear exercises and explanations on developing a natural stage voice, breathing, enunciation, and pitch and timbre, with special advice on difficult delivery problems. |
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actor allow audience aware balance become begin bone-prop breathing exercises chest Cicely Berry consciously continuant consonants D.H. Lawrence dedede despair diaphragm diphthongal Dylan Thomas Edith Sitwell emotional energy feel the muscles firm floor freedom gegege Gerard Manley Hopkins give head hear helps important inflections keep kekeke lips and tongue listen lyke meaning mememe Milk Wood mouth move nasal nasal consonant neck nenene notes notice particular passage phrases physical piece of text pitch poem poetry position possible precise pressure prop push relaxed release rhythm ribs Robert Herrick rooted round sense shoulders sighing and kissing sing soft palate sound speak specific speech stress teeth ridge tense tension terrible beauty tetete thee thing Thou thought throat tone tongue-tip vocal voiced consonants volume vowels and consonants W.B. Yeats weight whole words