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Whether approaching Shakespeare or everyday speech, Rodenburg's writing illuminates the transformative potential of voice in both performance and life.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-actor-speaks-by-patsy-rodenburg-9781350289673","title":"The Actor Speaks","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Right to Speak\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Need for Words\u003c\/i\u003e comes this Bloomsbury Revelations edition of the essential guide to voice work: \u003ci\u003eThe Actor Speaks\u003c\/i\u003e. Beginning with what every first-year acting student faces in class and ending with what leading professional actors must achieve every night on stage, Patsy Rodenburg’s celebrated work as one of the world’s foremost voice and acting coaches is fully revealed in this thoughtful and inspirational book about acting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWritten for the training and working actor, Rodenburg’s book brings to life a wide range of exercises and methods to release the actor’s voice. 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Speeches and scenes such as Mark Antony's \"O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth\" and the bloody scene in which Macbeth admits to Lady Macbeth that he has \"done the deed\" are placed in context and discussed in depth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCombining clear practical, textual, and imaginative work with a brilliant analysis of scenes and speeches from the whole range of Shakespeare’s plays, this is an essential and inspiring guide for anyone working on his plays today. It brings a renewed focus on the language of power, so frequently spoken in the worlds of politicians and company directors, which will give readers insight into the potency of clear, direct communication, specifically in the context of Shakespeare.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach chapter has been revised following the author's 20 additional years of experience as a voice coach and includes techniques necessary for a clear and convincing performance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47384003936492,"sku":"9781350161658","price":58.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/19528863482668.jpg?v=1773394318"},{"product_id":"the-right-to-speak-by-patsy-rodenburg-9781350289475","title":"The Right to Speak","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIt shouldn’t surprise us that politicians, clerics, rock singers as well as actors queue up to train their voices under the supervision of Patsy Rodenburg. This book will explain her popularity among her pupils.\u003c\/em\u003e – Sir Ian McKellen\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePractical, passionate and inspiring, \u003cem\u003eThe Right to Speak\u003c\/em\u003e teaches how to use the voice fully and expressively, without fear and in any situation. Patsy Rodenburg is one of the world’s foremost voice and acting coaches, having trained thousands of actors, singers, lawyers, politicians, business people, teachers and students. Her book distils that knowledge and experience so that everyone can enjoy the right to speak.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePart one is a discursive account of our right to speak, examining impediments to clear, natural, confident speech and establishing habits that will help overcome these. 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Her struggle with her own voice set her on the journey that led her to discover her vocation. She has spent her life re-finding and re-empowering voices, particularly the lost voices of women. Watching her highly intelligent working-class mother and grandmother ignored and often silenced gave her the insight to investigate why that was and how to help women overcome this centuries-old issue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith warmth and humour, Rodenburg interrogates Shakespeare's texts and his presentation of female characters; develops the notion of rhetoric in relation to the female voice; and applies concepts explored in her previous books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Three Circles of Energy\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd, perhaps most crucially, through arguing that power and voice are directly linked to breath, Rodenburg makes the case that Western society's oppression of women has diminished their natural ability to breathe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eExploring the female voice through practical exercises and stories from the front line, as well as profoundly personal and formative experiences from her own life, Rodenburg defines the art of accessing the voice within and reclaiming the woman's right to speak.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Woman’s Voice\u003c\/i\u003e is also available in audiobook format from audiobook retailers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47384062034156,"sku":"9781350276543","price":43.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/20677713482668.jpg?v=1773400942"},{"product_id":"the-need-for-words-by-patsy-rodenburg-9781350290112","title":"The Need for Words","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs one of the world’s leading voice coaches, Patsy Rodenburg describes practical ways to approach language, using Shakespeare, Romantic poetry, modern prose, and a range of other texts to help each of us discover our own unique \u003cem\u003eneed for words\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn Part One, Rodenburg attacks the myth that there is only one correct way to speak by clearing away the blocks that can make language inaccessible. 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