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Book SynopsisPatsy Rodenburg OBE is a world expert on teaching voice, speech and presentation skills to individuals and companies across corporate and creative industries, as well as working with actors in theatre, film and television. Currently, she is Professor of Text and Poetry at Guildhall School of Music & Drama, UK, after serving as Head of Voice from 1981 until 2016. Over the past 40 years, she has been pioneering the only existing MA in Training Actors (Voice) and has sat on the board of directors for the Royal Shakespeare Company. In 2020, she established The Patsy Rodenburg Academy, which provides a safe and creative space for teachers, leaders, actors and all others to explore storytelling, while developing leadership, theatre and voice skills.
She has coached some of the world's leading business figures, including CEOs and board-level executives at leading global institutions such as the London Stock Exchange, Deutsche Bank, Barclays, HSBC, Goldman Sachs, The Royal British
Table of Contents
Prologue Chapter 1 – The Beginnings Chapter 2 – Cages Chapter 3 – Brilliant Women Chapter 4 – Whole Presence, Whole Voice Chapter 5 – The Unquestionably Equal Woman Chapter 6 – Equal? Chapter 7 – Mother Margaret and Nanna Winifred Chapter 8 – Winnie Chapter 9 – My Father Chapter 10 – Education Chapter 11 – Vocation Chapter 12 – Voice and Rhetoric Chapter 13 – The Fading Memory of Women’s Power Chapter 14 – John Chapter 15 – Scarls Chapter 16 – Focusing on Voice Chapter 17 – Handmaidens Chapter 18 – Breaking Free – Going Deeper – Demanding More Chapter 19 – 2006: Moving On – The Revolution of Thriving, not just Surviving Chapter 20 – Facing the Inevitable Chapter 21 – Where is your Voice? Chapter 22 – Masks of Survival Chapter 23 – Form and Content Epilogue Index
