The Actor Speaks: Voice and the Performer - Hardcover

In The Actor Speaks Patsy Rodenburg sets down at last her complete knowledge about voice work for the stage to serve every actor's needs. Through a seven-step process, which can be repeated again and again by both beginner and professional performers, she takes the actor through an intensive voice and speech workshop tackling the vexing problems faced in rehearsal and on stage: breathing and relaxation; vocal range and power; communication with other actors and the audience; integrating movement, singing and speaking; deciphering and animating a text; adjusting voice to different size stages and auditoria; working in mediums beyond the stage; sustaining a performance through an entire evening and a long run; and identifying and overcoming the countless potential problems that face every performer who works in front of an audience.

Patsy Rodenburg heads the Voice Departments at Britain's Royal National Theatre and London's Guildhall School of Speech and Drama.