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Lessons from Actors on the Art of Charisma
Narrator
Jeannette Nelson
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Length
4 hours 11 minutes
Language
English
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How the world's best actors communicate with gravitas - and how you can, too.
Every time you deliver a speech, give a presentation, or simply tell a good story, you are taking centre stage. Here, one of the world’s leading voice coaches introduces the simple exercises that great actors use to hold people’s attention – and reveals how anyone speaking in public can use them.
Drawing on 25 years working at London’s National Theatre, Jeannette Nelson explains:
- How to warm up your voice and body before a big speech.
- How focusing on your breathing can improve your clarity and pace.
- How to divide a script into individual ‘thoughts’ so it flows more naturally.
- How to adapt your delivery to suit any environment, be it a 1,000-seater auditorium or an intimate Zoom meeting.
Along the way, she recounts stories from leading actors that pull back the curtain on how they learnt to own the room, and how you can too. If all the world’s a stage, this book will turn you into its lead actor.
'The theatre stars' voice guru' Daily Mail
©2024 Jeannette Nelson (P)2024 Penguin Audio
Jeannette Nelson is one of the world’s leading voice coaches. In the course of over a decade as Head of Voice at the National Theatre, she was responsible for ensuring that everyone who took the stage at Britain’s leading theatre was communicating clearly and charismatically. Along the way, she worked with some of the greatest actors of our time – from Al Pacino to Benedict Cumberbatch to Juliette Binoche – on some of their most notable roles across stage, film and TV. Nelson's first book, The Voice Exercise Book (2015), has become the go-to guide for actors looking for exercises to help improve their vocal clarity.
'Jeannette's knowledge is astonishing and her approach so gentle and effective' Derren Brown
Jeannette Nelson is one of the world’s leading voice coaches. In the course of over a decade as Head of Voice at the National Theatre, she was responsible for ensuring that everyone who took the stage at Britain’s leading theatre was communicating clearly and charismatically. Along the way, she worked with some of the greatest actors of our time – from Al Pacino to Benedict Cumberbatch to Juliette Binoche – on some of their most notable roles across stage, film and TV. Nelson's first book, The Voice Exercise Book (2015), has become the go-to guide for actors looking for exercises to help improve their vocal clarity.
'Jeannette's knowledge is astonishing and her approach so gentle and effective' Derren Brown
Audiobook details
Narrator:
Jeannette Nelson
ISBN:
9781529190526
Length:
4 hours 11 minutes
Language:
English
Publisher:
Random House
Publication date:
August 22, 2024
Edition:
Unabridged
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