Your Voice and how to Use it

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Virgin, 1994 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 164 pages
Anxiety about how we speak prevents many of us from expressing ourselves well. In her classic handbook, Cicely Berry, Voice Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company and world-famous voice teacher, tackles the reasons for this anxiety and explains her practical exercises for relaxation and breathing, clarity of diction and vocal flexibility - everything that you need to achieve good speech.

About the author (1994)

Cicely Frances Berry was born in Berkhamsted, England on May 17, 1926. She attended the Central School of Speech and Drama in London in the 1940s. After graduating, she was hired by the school as a voice instructor. She became the Royal Shakespeare Company's first voice director in 1969. While there, she also taught at Nós do Morro and in various British prisons. She directed productions of King Lear at theaters in Stratford-upon-Avon and London. She wrote several books including Voice and the Actor, The Actor and the Text, and Working Shakespeare. She died on October 15, 2018 at the age of 92.

Bibliographic information

TitleYour Voice and how to Use it
AuthorCicely Berry
Edition2, illustrated, reprint, revised
PublisherVirgin, 1994
ISBN0863698263, 9780863698262
Length164 pages
Subjects › 

Language Arts & Disciplines / Public Speaking & Speech Writing
Language Arts & Disciplines / Speech & Pronunciation
Performing Arts / Acting & Auditioning
Performing Arts / General
  
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