Dialects for the Stage

Evangeline Machlin

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Routledge
28 February 2006

Theatre Studies; Dance & Performing arts; Dialect, slang & jargon

Dialect work is one of the actor's most challenging tasks. Need to know a Russian accent? Playing a German countess or a Midwestern farmhand? These and more accents – from Yiddish to French Canadian – are clearly explained in Evangeline Machlin's classic work.

Now available in a book-and-downloadable resources format, Evangeline Machlin's Dialects for the Stage is based on a method of dialect acquisition she developed during her years working with students at Boston University's Division of Theatre. During her long career, Evangeline Machlin trained such actors as Steve McQueen, Lee Grant, Suzanne Pleshette, Joanne Woodward, and Faye Dunaway.

By: Evangeline Machlin
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 2nd
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 240g
ISBN: 9780878302000
ISBN 10: 087830200X
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 28 February 2006
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Part One - The Actor, the CDs and the Manual, Part Two - Using the Dialect Texts and the Dialect Data, Part Three - Steps in the Play-It-and-Say-It Method of Learning Dialects, Part Four - North American Dialects, Part Five - Standard English: North American and British, Part Six - Dialects of Great Britain and Ireland, Part Seven - European Accents, Part Eight - Symbols and Sounds of the International Phonetic Alphabet

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