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The actor and the text / Cicely Berry ; foreword by Trevor Nunn.
By: Berry, Cicely
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BookPublisher: London : Virgin Pub., 2011Edition: Rev. ed.Description: 303 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780863697050.Subject(s): Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Dramatic production | Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Language | Acting | Voice culture -- ExercisesDDC classification: 792.028
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Cicely Berry, Voice Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, is world-famous for her voice teaching. The Actor and the Text is her classic book, distilled from years of working with actors of the highest calibre.
Includes index.
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CHOICE Review
"The main part of this book. . .deals with the speaking of Shakespeare and with the challenge of classical text." In this same straightforward manner, Berry treats these challenges with abundant and well-chosen examples, and in a direct, conversational style that conveys her experience of 14 years as vocal coach of the Royal Shakespeare Company. The book is not, however, an easy, or at least a quick, read in that one must follow her instructions and sound out the examples she gives in order to compare one's sensations with her comments and suggestions. Berry is not dogmatic. As she periodically comments, "it is all negotiable." In these negotiations, among various readings, between analysis of texts and the exercises related to them, and especially between the need to be true both to the demands of heightened and intensified speech and the felt impulse of the individual actor, Berry is a good moderator. Chapter 3, "Metre and Rhythm," could serve as a definitive discussion of the intricate art of establishing a metrical base for the play of sense and sensibility, i.e., rhythm. The book is best read as a sequel to Berry's Voice and the Actor (CH, Feb '75), where the mechanics of vocal production are discussed in detail. College, university, and public libraries. -W. H. Wegner, Trenton State CollegeAuthor notes provided by Syndetics
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.(Bowker Author Biography)