Speaking with Skill

<p>Actors and other professional voice users need to speak clearly and expressively in order to communicate the ideas and emotions of their characters - and themselves. Whatever the native accent of the speaker this easy communication to the listener must always happen in every moment onstage in film or on television; in real life too. <p/>This book an introduction to <i>Knight-Thompson Speechwork</i> gives speakers the ownership of a vast variety of speech skills and the ability to explore unlimited varieties of speech actions - without imposing a single unvarying pattern of good speech. The skills gained through this book enable actors to find the unique way in which a dramatic character embodies the language of the play. They also help any speaker to communicate to a listener with total intelligibility without compromising the speaker's own accent; and to vary speech actions to meet different language needs. <p/>Supporting audio provides 116 tracks illustrating the exercises described in the book.</p>