Dialects for the Stage

Machlin, Evangeline

ISBN 10: 087830200X / ISBN 13: 9780878302000

Published by Routledge, 2006

About this Item

In this classic guide for actors, Machlin describes a method for dialect acquisition that she developed while working with theatre students at Boston U. Instructions are given for 14 English dialects (New York-Brooklynese, Black American, Scottish, among others), and six European accents, as well as for North American and British Standard English. Num Pages: 160 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AS; CFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 151 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 330. . 2006. 2nd Edition. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Dialects for the Stage
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 087830200X
• ISBN 13: 9780878302000
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Evangeline Machlin was formerly director of speech studies at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre and Lecturer in Speech at Columbia University.