The Right to Speak: Working with the Voice / Edition 1

by Patsy Rodenburg, Ian McKellan, Ian McKellen

Overview

In The Right to Speak, renowned voice teacher Patsy Rodenburg teaches you how to meet any speaking challenge with total self-assurance. Rodenburg has trained thousands of actors, singers, media personalities, lawyers, politicians, business people, teachers and students in the art of using their voice fully and expressively without fear. She has taught them how to breathe, how to support their breath, how to stretch their voice to meet any vocal effort and how to have total confidence in whatever they say—"the right to speak."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780878300556
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/16/1993
Edition description:	Reissue
Pages:	320
Sales rank:	495,218
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.00(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Patsy Rodenburg is Head of Voice at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and was formerly at the Royal National Theatre. She trained in Voice Studies at the Central School of Speech and Drama and is recognized as one of the world's leading voice and acting coaches. Previously, Patsy was in residence with the Royal Shakespeare Company for nine years and also work with the Royal Court Theatre, the Donmar Warehouse and the Almeida Theatre, London. She has worked extensively with many of the great world theatres including the Moscow Art Theatre, Complicite, Cheek by Jowl and Comédie-Française. Patsy has worked regularly with some of the best-known actors and biggest names in theatre, film and television including: Nicole Kidman, Rachel Weisz, Emily Watson, Jude Law, Tom Wilkinson, Hugh Jackman, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cate Blanchett, Minnie Driver, Kim Cattrall and David Schwimmer.

Table of Contents

1. Declaring Your Vocal Rights 2. Go Doesn't Mind a Bum Note 3. The Roots of Habits 5 Settling Into Habits 6. Deep Habits and Release 7. An Owner's Manual of the Voice 8. The Voice Workout 9 Speech and Phonetics 10. Working Further with the Voice

Editorial Reviews

Whenever I read one of Patsy Rodenburg’s books, it’s as if she is speaking directly to me. Not only is it comforting to be reassured that I am on the right track with my teaching, but she says many of the things I say to my students – only she says them better. Her passionate, practical approach makes her books readable and accessible … The Right to Speak: Working with the Voice continues that tradition … The Right to Speak is a practical, accessible, inspiring guide for the experienced voice practitioner, the beginner, and anyone and everyone in between.” – Methods: A Jourbanal of Acting Pedagogy

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