Speech for the StageTheatre Arts Books, 1980 - 254 pages From its original publication, thousands of actors have used this classic text to develop and refine their voice and speech. Evangeline Machlin includes warm-up routines for the voice but initially focuses on the importance of listening. She also discusses such important elements as relaxation, phonetics, articulation, resonance, pitch, rate of speech and stress. In addition, there are chapters on dialects, on reading aloud, sight reading, auditioning and performance. |
Contents
Speech Appreciation fund | 1 |
Speech Analysis | 10 |
Projecting Your Speech | 17 |
Copyright | |
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accent actor ah ah ah American arms articulation audience begin breath control British Caed TC Caed TRS Chapter consonants continue Correction dialect diaphragm diphthongs Edward Albee exercises exhalation eyes fault feel full voice GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS glottis GROUP Hamlet hear hoarseness inflection inhale John Barrymore John Gielgud larynx lines lips Listen lungs mah mah mah mouth muscles nasal nasal consonants nose octave OTHELLO Paul Scofield pause phonetic transcription phrase pitch change pitch transcription play poem poetry practice projection pronunciation read aloud recording relaxation released Repeat resonance role scene schwa scream sentence sequence Shakespeare silence singing slowly soft palate Sound symbol sound waves speak speech pitch speech techniques speech tone speed spelling spoken stage stress syllable symbol theatre thou throat tion tongue Tongue-tip trachea transcribed vibrating vocal cords vocal tract Voiceless vowel words yawn