Shakespeare and Voice

Interviews on Great Writers by Oxford University

Aug 1, 20128:14Education

Linda Gates, Professor of Voice at Northwestern University (USA) discusses how Shakespeare's poetry and plays lend themselves to vocal performance by discussing how breath can be used to 'punctuate the thought'.

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