At the beginning and end of this book are warm-up routines, such as setting-up exercises, which aim to bring the voice to its best functioning level, but the training starts with listening. Machlin describes acoustics and the way the body functions to produce hearing and speech.
At the beginning and end of this book are warm-up routines, such as setting-up exercises, which aim to bring the voice to its best functioning level, ...
Dialect work is one of the actor's most challenging tasks. Need to know a Russian accent? Playing a German countess or a Midwestern farmhand? These and more accents a " from Yiddish to French Canadian a " are clearly explained in Evangeline Machlin's classic work.
Now available in a book-and-CD format, Evangeline Machlin's Dialects for the Stage is based on a method of dialect acquisition she developed during her years working with students at Boston University's Division of Theatre. During her long career, Evangeline Machlin trained such actors as Steve McQueen, Lee Grant, Suzanne...
Dialect work is one of the actor's most challenging tasks. Need to know a Russian accent? Playing a German countess or a Midwestern farmhand? These...
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.
From its original publication, thousands of actors have used this classic text to develop and refine their voice and speech. Evangeline Machlin includ...
