Synopsis:

Following on from the widely acclaimed The Actor and the Text, Cicely Berry draws on her group work to emphasise how actors and directors can use the rehearsal process to heighten their collective awareness of language. Cicely Berry, Voice Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, is world famous for her voice teaching. Text in Action contains the insights she has gleaned from 50 years of working with actors and directors across the globe.

Focusing primarily on Shakespeare, but with techniques that can be applied to modern texts too, Text in Action sets out language work that can be done by the whole group to uncover different layers of meaning within the text. It opens up new interpretations and possible reactions.