Freeing Shakespeare's Voice: The Actor's Guide to Talking the Text
by Kristin Linklater
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Author: Kristin LinklaterEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1993-01-01
ISBN: 1559360313
Number of pages: 224
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
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Summary: 5 Stars
In one of the most eloquent handbooksI've ever had the pleasure to peruse,
Kristin Linklater guides you through a rich
and expertly constructed path designed
to help you give your voice to Shakespeare's text.
For her, the body and the voice are one:
an instrument that needs each part to work.
To speak the speech, you start with how it sounds -
the open vowels and clear consonants
each bring a unique bodily sensation.
Then you progress to what it actually means -
the content, the "emotional", the life -
and later bring this to poetic form.
Ms.L insists you also understand
Th' Elizabethans and their take on life -
her explanations always held me rapt.
Her methods are direct; each chapter builds
upon the one that came before. However,
this shouldn't mean the structure is rigid:
there's lots of room for your experiments.
This book is one of my best purchases.
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