Freeing the Natural Voice

Kristin Linklater (author)

The classic voice-training book for actors, teachers of voice and speech and anyone interested in vocal expression – by a pre-eminent voice teacher, actor and director. Fully revised and expanded edition.

Linklater's approach is to liberate the voice you have rather than apply vocal techniques from the outside. Her basic assumption is that everyone possesses a voice capable of expressing whatever emotion, mood or thought he/she experiences.

This edition incorporates vocal exercises developed over three decades to help the voice connect viscerally with language – a key element in the actors' craft.

Kristin Linklater was born in 1936 and brought up in the Orkneys. Her father was the novelist Eric Linklater, and her brothers, Magnus and Andro, are both writers. She trained in London at LAMDA before moving to the USA to work with a number of well-known theatres there, returning occasionally to work with the RSC. She has just retired as Professor of Theatre Arts at Columbia University, New York.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Nick Hern Books
Publication date ‏ : ‎ 28 Nov. 2006
Print length ‏ : ‎ 392 pages
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 9781854599711
Item weight ‏ : ‎ 1.05 kg
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 15.6 x 2.1 x 23.1 cm