Voice

by Jane Boston, Simon Shepherd (Editor)

Overview

This wide-ranging volume explores the technical and physical aspects of voice as a craft, questioning its definitions, its historical presence, training practices and its publications. Drawing on a wealth of experience, Jane Boston presents a selection of readings that demonstrate and contextualize some of the defining moments of voice throughout history. This clear and accessible text examines the relationship between voice and aesthetics and poetics, against the backdrop of class, race and gender politics, demonstrating how vocal training has been and still is inevitably connected to such issues.

Underpinned by theory, voice practitioner accounts, and cultural and historical contextualization, this comprehensive resource will be invaluable for practitioners, researchers and students of voice studies, physical theatre and theatre history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781350316416
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	07/11/2018
Series:	Readings in Theatre Practice
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
File size:	531 KB

About the Author

Jane Boston is Senior Lecturer in Voice at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, and Head of the International Centre for Voice. She has been a voice and communication consultant for over twenty-five years and has worked extensively in higher education and the conservatoire. Prior to her current position at Central School of Speech and Drama, she was Senior Voice Specialist at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (R.A.D.A.). Jane has active professional interests in performing verse and authoring poetry.
SIMON SHEPHERD is Professor of Theatre and Deputy Principal (Academic) at the Central School of Speech and Drama, UK.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Part One: Introductions
Preface
Chapter One: Voice Locations
Part Two: Histories
Chapter Two: Voice as an Instrument of Theatre
Chapter Three: Voice Stylistics
Part Three: Theatre Spaces
Chapter Four: The Voice Performs Theatre spaces
Interview with Kristin Linklater
Part Four: Theatre Speaks
Chapter Five: Voice and Logos
Interview with Claudette Williams
Part Five: Contested Trainings
Chapter Six: Sequences for the Voice: The Theatre Voice Manual
Interview with Patsy Rodenburg
Chapter Seven: Extremities: Experiments in Theatre Voice