The Actor and His TextThis book sets out to apply the methods of voice production directly and practically to the speaking of text. Specifically, it addresses the problem of how to infuse life and meaning into words that are first encountered on the printed page. |
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Page 47
... happen with it . Ambiguity is always communicated either to another character or to the audience : the choice of the word is its sub - text . And I think on the whole we are afraid of ambiguity . The way the language happens always begs ...
... happen with it . Ambiguity is always communicated either to another character or to the audience : the choice of the word is its sub - text . And I think on the whole we are afraid of ambiguity . The way the language happens always begs ...
Page 186
... happens is this : although you know it is set up as an exercise and therefore not serious , it is still irritating to have someone jostle you and so something else happens vocally , the voice sits down as it were , and you find it ...
... happens is this : although you know it is set up as an exercise and therefore not serious , it is still irritating to have someone jostle you and so something else happens vocally , the voice sits down as it were , and you find it ...
Page 273
... happens incidentally . Of course inflection is part of it , but cadence happens because of the musical flow of the language , and because of the underlying drive of the thought and the shape of the whole . I am not talking about being ...
... happens incidentally . Of course inflection is part of it , but cadence happens because of the musical flow of the language , and because of the underlying drive of the thought and the shape of the whole . I am not talking about being ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | 7 |
Attitudes to Voice and Text | 13 |
Shakespeare | 40 |
Copyright | |
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