Are you doing a play by Tennessee Williams? Or one of David Mamet's
plays set in Chicago? Need to learn a Southern or Boston or New York or
Caribbean Islands accent quickly, or do you have plenty of time? Then
Teach Yourself Accents - North America: A Handbook for Young Actors and
Speakers is for you: an easy-to-use manual full of clear, cogent advice
and fascinating information. Contemporary monologues and scenes for two
are included, and an enclosed CD contains the extensive practice
exercises. Perfect for the young acting student, the book will help
anyone beginning a study of accents to get a rapid handle on the subject
and use any accent immediately, with an authentic sound. More
experienced actors who need an authoritative quick guide for an audition
or for role preparation will find it equally useful, as will speakers
who want to improve a specific accent or liven up a presentation with an
apt anecdote. This second volume of the new Teach Yourself Accents
series by Robert Blumenfeld, author of the best-selling Accents: A
Manual for Actors, covers General American, the most widely used accent
of Standard American English, as well as Northern and Southern regional
accents, AAVE (African-American Vernacular English), Hispanic, Caribbean
Islands, and Canadian English and French accents.