Speech For The Stage

A classic text that has helped thousands of actors to develop and refine voice and speech skills. Includes chapters on speech in Shakespeare, the use of dialects, auditioning and actual performance. 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.