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A Complete Voice Training Manual For ActorsA simple, step-by-step manual, written by an RSC voice coach, which offers everything that an actor needs to work on their voice. Suitable for actors at all levels, from students and young professionals to established and experienced actors. Drama teachers in schools and committed amateur actors who want to increase their vocal skills and understanding will also find it invaluable.Includes sections on:* Preparation* Body Work* Breathing and Support* Breathing Into Sound: Supporting the Voice* Releasing the Sound* Filling out the Sound: Resonance* Extending the Sound: Range* Shaping the Sound: Articulation* Trouble-Shooting.Each chapter begins with a brief introduction, then clearly and succinctly sets out a sequence of relevant exercises - accompanied by simple diagrams - ending with a summary of what we have learned.'Brilliantly guides the actor using exercises and tools that can revolutionise the voice. It's a boon!' Joseph Fiennes'Barbara's work is simple and practical, encouraging each actor to be free and fluid with their own voice... Very inspiring' Emily Watson'Barbara has a great understanding of the way that actors' anxieties can affect their voice. Her tone is calm, reassuring and good humoured' Niamh Cusack
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An intensely practical handbook for actors on how to cope with text, subtext, character and situation. With a preface by Kenneth Branagh.Having helped the actor with basic vocal technique in her enormously successful book, Finding Your Voice, Barbara Houseman here shows the actor how to cope with the demands posed by the text [and the subtext] of the play itself.Full of practical exercises developed over many years of working with actors of all ages and experiences, Tackling Text [and subtext] is an indispensable handbook for any actor working with text - from acting students and young professionals, to experienced actors wanting to tackle specific problems and acting coaches wanting to discover new ways of enabling their students.'If you want to improve as an actor, read this book... it helps restore the hard work of the actor as fresh, playful and fun' Kenneth Branagh, from his Preface'An inspiring teacher... a hugely motivating force in my work' Daniel Radcliffe'Barbara's work starts with the voice, passes through the physical - and results in a character. Her teaching helps total performance' Jude Law