{"product_id":"from-word-to-play-cicely-berry-9781840026016","title":"From Word to Play: A Textual Handbook for Directors and Actors","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"There is a mystery in every play that is written, no matter whether classical and poetic or modern and demotic, and it is the sound and the rhythm of the writing which take us there.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCicely Berry, the Royal Shakespeare Company's Voice Director, has been working alongside some of Britain's greatest actors and directors for over fifty years and is widely regarded as one of the most significant voice teachers in the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom Word to Play draws on Cicely's extensive experience of working with theatre companies in Britain and throughout the world. It is her manifesto for a return to the words themselves: for moving away from an over-conceptualised, over-literal view of language and rediscovering the meaning in its sounds and rhythms. At the heart of this book is a concise, practical guide for directors in rehearsal, setting out work strategies that help bring out both the shape and the details within all kinds of text - whether verse or prose, seventeenth-century or contemporary. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith a Foreword by Michael Boyd, Artistic Director of the RSC.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cicely Berry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1840026014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781840026016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oberon Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.70d","brand":"Cicely Berry","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43991149838591,"sku":"9781840026016","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5891e6d7-69ae-47fd-946c-7b17903508b6.jpg?v=1683308719","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/from-word-to-play-cicely-berry-9781840026016","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}