THE NEED FOR WORDS. VOICE AND TEXT. (SIGNED)

RODENBURG, Patsy.

ISBN 10: 0413675009 / ISBN 13: 9780413675002

Published by Methuen,, London,, 1993

About this Item

First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp xvii, 266. Foreward by Antony Sher. Signed presentation copy 'To Brenda\best wishes\Patsy Rodenburg'. ISBN 0413675009. Review copy with slip. Near fine\Near fine. Edges of papers slightly brown, dustjacket slightly creased at inner flap. Seller Inventory # C89121

Bibliographic Details

Title: THE NEED FOR WORDS. VOICE AND TEXT. (SIGNED)

Publisher: Methuen,, London,

Publication Date: 1993

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Signed: Signedes

Edition: 1st Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

Words are power. They are alive and liberating. Yet so many people have lost their connection to spoken language. People fear metaphor, distrust eloquence, undervalue the ability to speak or to read aloud. Patsy Rodenburg takes up how people speak, what is spoken and the impact of spoken words in this companion volume to her "The Right to Speak". Part one sifts through all the blocks that deny people access to language and shows how to release them. Part two contains a series of exercises, "Working with the Text". The language of Shakespeare, Romantic poetry, contemporary prose and numerous other text examples are used to prompt the reader to find his or her own unique need for words. This book reaches out to performers, writers, students teachers, business people, politicians and to everybody who must speak in public.

About the Author:

Patsy Rodenburg teaches at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London, and is currently Head of the Voice Department at London's Royal National Theatre, where she has worked with such actors as Ian McKellen, Judi Dench and Daniel Day-Lewis.