From Word to Play: A Handbook for Directors - A Handbook for Directors (Paperback)

"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 for a return to the words themselves: for moving away from an over-conceptualised, over-literal view of language and rediscovering the meaning in its sounds and rhythms. At the heart of this book is a concise, practical guide for directors in rehearsal, setting out work strategies that help bring out both the shape and the details within all kinds of text - whether verse or prose, seventeenth-century or contemporary. With a Foreword by Michael Boyd, Artistic Director of the RSC.

General

Imprint:	Oberon Books Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Oberon Books
Release date:	2007
First published:	2007
Authors:	Cicely Berry (Author)
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	183
ISBN-13:	978-1-84002-601-6
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Theatre, drama > Acting techniques Books > Language & Literature > Language teaching & learning (other than ELT) > Specific skills > Speaking / pronunciation skills > Public speaking / elocution
LSN:	1-84002-601-4
Barcode:	9781840026016

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