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 198
... scene . You notice who controls the scene , and perhaps who is standing back , who is in the role of an observer . I am thinking particularly of the two main scenes between Rosalind and Orlando and Celia ( As You Like It , Act III ...
... scene . You notice who controls the scene , and perhaps who is standing back , who is in the role of an observer . I am thinking particularly of the two main scenes between Rosalind and Orlando and Celia ( As You Like It , Act III ...
Page 220
... scene ( Act IV , Scene 3 ) is worth reading quietly over . ( viii ) And finally , the last speeches both of Antony and of Cleopatra have this sense of another reality which we have to listen for , to apprehend . Here is Antony's last ...
... scene ( Act IV , Scene 3 ) is worth reading quietly over . ( viii ) And finally , the last speeches both of Antony and of Cleopatra have this sense of another reality which we have to listen for , to apprehend . Here is Antony's last ...
Page 221
... scenes , as speeches do , open up and flower . Now obviously I have put this in very simplified terms , and how the pattern unfolds depends on the texture and complexity of the scene . In the big central scenes the structures will ...
... scenes , as speeches do , open up and flower . Now obviously I have put this in very simplified terms , and how the pattern unfolds depends on the texture and complexity of the scene . In the big central scenes the structures will ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | 7 |
Attitudes to Voice and Text | 13 |
Shakespeare | 40 |
Copyright | |
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