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Speaking is part of a whole: an expression of inner life. Cicely Berry has based her work on the conviction that while all is present in nature our natural instincts have been crippled from birth by many processes----by the conditioning, in fact, of a warped society.

Table of Contents

Illustrations

Diagrams in Text Page

Resonating spaces 10

Possible rib movement 21

Good and bad positions on the floor 23

Bone-prop in the mouth 49

Position of tongue and its movement 53

Palate lowered 55

Position of back of tongue and soft palate 56

Photographic Plates Facing Pages

Incorrect posture 62

Correct posture 62

Free position on the floor 63

Tense position of neck and shoulders 63

Good breathing position 78

Demonstrating rib movement 78

Hands stretched above the head 79

Hands and head hung down 79

Voice and the Actor

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      Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc
      Published 30 July 1991
      ISBN-13 9780020415558
      978-0020415558
      ISBN-10 0020415559
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      Dictionaries, Reference & Language Phonetics, phonology Entertainment Acting techniques

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Speaking is part of a whole: an expression of inner life. Cicely Berry has based her work on the conviction that while all is present in nature our natural instincts have been crippled from birth by many processes----by the conditioning, in fact, of a warped society.

      Table of Contents

      Illustrations

      Diagrams in Text Page

      Resonating spaces 10

      Possible rib movement 21

      Good and bad positions on the floor 23

      Bone-prop in the mouth 49

      Position of tongue and its movement 53

      Palate lowered 55

      Position of back of tongue and soft palate 56

      Photographic Plates Facing Pages

      Incorrect posture 62

      Correct posture 62

      Free position on the floor 63

      Tense position of neck and shoulders 63

      Good breathing position 78

      Demonstrating rib movement 78

      Hands stretched above the head 79

      Hands and head hung down 79

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