How to Do Standard English Accents: From Traditional RP to the New 21st-Century Neutral Accent

by Jan Haydn Rowles, Edda Sharpe

Overview

The essential handbook for every actor

In every drama school, in every English-speaking country, students from all over the world have to learn a Standard English Accent, and voice and drama tutor shave to teach it. But what exactly is it? How many varieties are there? And which one should they use when? Following on from How To Do Accents, this book provides a long awaited,up-to-date answer to these important questions and offers a complete course in how to do A Neutral Standard English Accent & Upper and Upper-Middle Class Varieties

Part One: contains all the tools you need to learn a current Neutral Standard English Accent; neutral in terms of class, race, age, gender, occupation and social background

Part Two: introduces you to the most useful Upper and Upper-Middle Class varieties of Standard English Accent

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781350267701
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	10/07/2021
Series:	The Actor's Toolkit
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	5.95(w) x 8.52(h) x 0.53(d)

About the Author

Jan Haydn Rowles has worked as an accent and dialogue coach for over 33 years. She has trained countless actors in the UK's leading drama schools, been Head of Voice at Shakespeare's Globe, and worked across the UK's regional theatres, as well as London's West End. Her work has been heard in the award-winning film Belfast, Game of Thrones, House of the Dragon, Joan, The Regime and This England, to name a few. Jan is a highly skilled and experienced accent and dialogue coach in theatre, audio, TV & film.

Edda Sharpe is a voice and dialect coach working with companies such as the RSC, Royal National Theatre, Royal Court, ENO, Manchester Royal Exchange, Birmingham Rep, Chichester Festival Theatre, Kiln, and Lyric Hammersmith. She was also Head of Voice at the Shaw Festival Theatre in Canada for over 20 years. She was Head of Voice at East 15 Acting School for five years, and she continues to deliver workshops in both teaching and learning accents in drama schools and universities. Edda is also a qualified NLP Master Practitioner and works as a communication, presence, and leadership coach in the public and private sectors.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction
How to use this book
Part One: New Standard English Accent
Part Two: Upper-Class Varieties
And Finally: Get Professional