From the bestselling author of The Right to Speak and The Need for
Words comes this Bloomsbury Revelations edition of the essential guide
to voice work: The Actor Speaks. Beginning with what every first-year
acting student faces in class and ending with what leading professional
actors must achieve every night on stage, Patsy Rodenburg's celebrated
work as one of the world's foremost voice and acting coaches is fully
revealed in this thoughtful and inspirational book about acting.
Written for the training and working actor, Rodenburg's book brings to
life a wide range of exercises and methods to release the actor's voice,
covering everything from posture, breath and the body, performing in
specific spaces, previews and first performances, managing different
length runs, using microphones and dealing with an ageing or sick voice.
This book allows the reader to perform every night, reaching the pitch,
passion and vocal intensity that the best roles require.