Speak with Distinction: The Classic Skinner Method to Speech on the Stage info
- Published by Applause Books 416 Pages
- The Classic Skinner Method to Speech on the Stage by Edith Skinner/Revised with New Material Added b
- Author: Edith Skinner
(Applause Acting Series). Widely recognized as the most complete and rigorous text of its kind since it was first published in 1942, Speak With Distinction is an invaluable resource. It presents a comprehensive study of the sounds of Spoken English in their most important phonetic environments. This most recent revision also adds much material for comparisons of speech sounds; suggestions for accurate, efficient and conversational ways of combining the sounds into connected utterance; indications that foster a working knowledge of two dialects of speech (General American and what Mrs. Skinner called Good Speech for classic and elevated texts); and beginning material to show application of the principles of Good Speech to well-written text
