How to Do Standard English Accents

From Traditional RP to the New 21st-Century Neutral Accent

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How to Do Standard English Accents

From Traditional RP to the New 21st-Century Neutral Accent

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The essential handbook for every actor

In every drama school, in every English-speaking country, students from all over the world have to learn a Standard English Accent, and voice and drama tutor shave to teach it. But what exactly is it? How many varieties are there? And which one should they use when? Following on from How To Do Accents, this book provides a long awaited,up-to-date answer to these important questions and offers a complete course in how to do A Neutral Standard English Accent & Upper and Upper-Middle Class Varieties

Part One: contains all the tools you need to learn a current Neutral Standard English Accent; neutral in terms of class, race, age, gender, occupation and social background

Part Two: introduces you to the most useful Upper and Upper-Middle Class varieties of Standard English Accent

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction
How to use this book
Part One: New Standard English Accent
Part Two: Upper-Class Varieties
And Finally: Get Professional

Product details

Explore Methuen Drama
Published 12 Aug 2021
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 240
ISBN 9781350267701
Imprint Methuen Drama
Dimensions 216 x 138 mm
Series The Actor's Toolkit
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

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Jan Haydn Rowles

Jan Haydn Rowles has worked as an accent and dial…

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Edda Sharpe

Edda Sharpe is a voice and dialect coach working…

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