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Informationen zum Autor 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. SIMON SHEPHERD is Professor of Theatre and Deputy Principal (Academic) at the Central School of Speech and Drama, UK. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgementsPart One: IntroductionsPrefaceChapter One: Voice LocationsPart Two: HistoriesChapter Two: Voice as an Instrument of TheatreChapter Three: Voice StylisticsPart Three: Theatre SpacesChapter Four: The Voice Performs Theatre spacesInterview with Kristin LinklaterPart Four: Theatre SpeaksChapter Five: Voice and LogosInterview with Claudette WilliamsPart Five: Contested TrainingsChapter Six: Sequences for the Voice: The Theatre Voice ManualInterview with Patsy RodenburgChapter Seven: Extremities: Experiments in Theatre Voice...
