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The Sarah Siddons Audio Files: Romanticism and the Lost Voice (Theater: Theory/Text/Performance)
Judith Pascoe
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Description for The Sarah Siddons Audio Files: Romanticism and the Lost Voice (Theater: Theory/Text/Performance)
Paperback. Winner of the Barnard Hewitt Award and a Joe A. Callaway Award Honorable Mention Series: Theater: Theory/Text/Performance. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white halftones, figures. BIC Classification: ANB; ANC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 165 x 13. Weight in Grams: 282.
English actress Sarah Siddons (1755–1831) was an international celebrity widely acclaimed for her performances of tragic heroines.We know what Siddons looked like—an endless number of artists asked her to sit for portraits and sculptures—but what of her famous voice? In lively and engaging prose, Judith Pascoe journeys to discover how the celebrated romantic actor’s voice sounded and to understand its power to move audiences to a state of emotional collapse. The author’s quixotic endeavor leads her to enroll in a “Voice for Actors” class, to collect Lady Macbeth voice prints, and to listen more carefully to the soundscape of her ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Series
Theater: Theory/Text/Performance
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, United States
ISBN
9780472035694
SKU
V9780472035694
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Ref
99-50
About Judith Pascoe
Judith Pascoe is Professor of English at the University of Iowa.
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