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Speaking with skill
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- Book Synopsis
- Actors and other professional voice users need to speak clearly and expressively in order to communicate the ideas and emotions of their characters - and themselves. Whatever the native accent of the speaker, this easy communication to the listener must always happen in every moment, onstage, in film or on television; in real life too. This book, an introduction to Knight-Thompson Speechwork, gives speakers the ownership of a vast variety of speech skills and the ability to explore unlimited varieties of speech actions - without imposing a single, unvarying pattern of "good speech". The skills gained through this book enable actors to find the unique way in which a dramatic character embodies the language of the play. They also help any speaker to communicate to a listener with total intelligibility without compromising the speaker's own accent; and to vary speech actions to meet different language needs. Supporting audio provides 116 tracks illustrating the exercises described in the book.
- About The Author
- Dudley Knight is Professor Emeritus of Drama at the University of California, Irvine. An award-winning actor and director, he has written - and been written about - extensively in journals and books regarding voice and speech issues. He was Editor-in-Chief of A World of Voice; and has trained many leading voice and speech faculty in major professional theatre programs.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781408156896
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, (02 August 2012)
- Number of Pages
- 326
- Weight
- 374 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 216 x 140 x 28 mm
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