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The Need for Words : Voice and the Text - Patsy Rodenburg

The Need for Words

Voice and the Text

By: Patsy Rodenburg

Paperback | 5 October 2023 | Edition Number 2

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Patsy Rodenburg explores how we speak, what we speak and the impact of the spoken word. As one of the world's leading voice coaches, she describes practical ways to approach language. Through a more textual approach, she uses Shakespeare, Romantic poetry, modern prose and a range of other texts to help each of us discover our own unique need for words.

In Part One Rodenburg attacks the myth that there is only one correct way to speak by clearing away the blocks that can make language inaccessible. Part Two, a series of language and text exercises, connects the voice to the shape and quality of individual words and phrases.

Drawing on Rodenburg's time spent coaching in the worlds of business and politics, this edition reflects on how the way we use words has changed since the book was first published. It brings a renewed focus on the language of power - spoken in the worlds of politicians and company directors - which gives readers an insight into the potency of clear, direct communication. Finally, language exercises provide readers with unmediated access to this new research, allowing them to practice and master the language and words that drive the modern world.

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