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 33
... patterns , and so has class overtones , and this is therefore alienating to anyone who has regional differences of ... patterns . Modern speech patterns are very often downward , and so in a sense introvert : but there is a different ...
... patterns , and so has class overtones , and this is therefore alienating to anyone who has regional differences of ... patterns . Modern speech patterns are very often downward , and so in a sense introvert : but there is a different ...
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... patterns , with many others , are different figures or strophes in rhetoric , which were clearly recognizable to an Elizabethan audience , but which have meaning for only few today . Now , although very interesting , it is probably not ...
... patterns , with many others , are different figures or strophes in rhetoric , which were clearly recognizable to an Elizabethan audience , but which have meaning for only few today . Now , although very interesting , it is probably not ...
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Cicely Berry. You will notice : Patterns in the form of words relating to the patterns of thought . Patterns within the syllables , repetition of vowels and consonants . Their thoughts are so intermixed , it is as if they are breathing ...
Cicely Berry. You will notice : Patterns in the form of words relating to the patterns of thought . Patterns within the syllables , repetition of vowels and consonants . Their thoughts are so intermixed , it is as if they are breathing ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | 7 |
Attitudes to Voice and Text | 13 |
Shakespeare | 40 |
Copyright | |
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