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From word to play : a handbook for directors / Cicely Berry ; with a foreword by Michael Boyd.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Oberon Books, 2013Copyright date: ©2008Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781849433624
  • 1849433623
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 792.028 22
LOC classification:
  • PN2071.S65 .B477 2013
Online resources:
Contents:
Section 1. The work and its roots. Hearing language ; Laying out the work -- Section 2. The work itself. Introductory workshop ; Group work on form and structure ; Displacement strategies -- Section 3. Voice and space. Working the space ; Vocal preparation -- Appendix. King Lear in retrospect.
Summary: ""There is a mystery in every play that is written, no matter whether classical and poetic or modern and demotic, and it is the sound and the rhythm of the writing which take us there.""Cicely Berry, the Royal Shakespeare Company's Voice Director, has been working alongside some of Britain's greatest actors and directors for over fifty years and is widely regarded as one of the most significant voice teachers in the world.From Word to Play draws on Cicely's extensive experience of working with theatre companies in Britain and throughout the world. It is her manifesto.
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Originally published in print: 2008.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Section 1. The work and its roots. Hearing language ; Laying out the work -- Section 2. The work itself. Introductory workshop ; Group work on form and structure ; Displacement strategies -- Section 3. Voice and space. Working the space ; Vocal preparation -- Appendix. King Lear in retrospect.

""There is a mystery in every play that is written, no matter whether classical and poetic or modern and demotic, and it is the sound and the rhythm of the writing which take us there.""Cicely Berry, the Royal Shakespeare Company's Voice Director, has been working alongside some of Britain's greatest actors and directors for over fifty years and is widely regarded as one of the most significant voice teachers in the world.From Word to Play draws on Cicely's extensive experience of working with theatre companies in Britain and throughout the world. It is her manifesto.

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