University Readers

In the 2005 edition of the Voice and Speech Trainers Association (VASTA) journal, editor Mandy Rees brings together more than fifty cutting edge articles on a broad range of current issues in the field. Shakespeare Around the Globe compiles articles from top professionals in Shakespearian performance on the role of voice and speech as it pertains to the stage, the screen, and cultural exchange. It examines the process and craft of bringing text to life as an experience for the performer and audience alike.

Emphasis is placed upon exploring one’s own voice as well as teaching others to find their own, or that of their character, making this text perfect for students of voice and performance as well as students of voice training. The Bard remains the most influential playwright of the English language. Whether the reader is a student making sense of his words for the first time or a stage veteran who breathes iambic pentameter, Shakespeare Around the Globe is an essential text in understanding the impact and conveyance of Shakespeare’s words today.

Articles are grouped in the following categories:

• Heightened text, verse, and scansion
• Ethics, standards, and practices
• Pedagogy and coaching
• Private studio practice
• Pronunciation, phonetics, linguistics, and dialect/accent studies
• Singing
• Vocal production and voice-related movement studies
• Voice and speech science, vocal health

The book also contains editorials, memorials, letters to the editor, articles, website and book reviews, and selected thesis and dissertation abstracts.