This unique book offers a complete course in how to do any accent and also gives you the tools to navigate your way through a specific accent. Using solid technical know-how, clear practical steps, real-life examples, and the occasional dose of humour, the Haydn/Sharpe System brings to the surface the underlying structure of accents. The authors share the processes that they, as specialist dialect coaches, have developed, to give you the insight, tools and confidence to work with accents. This second edition includes examples and exercises for six new accents. Includes a free online code to access detailed exercises and sample sentences - giving you the sounds you need to get your accent skills going! Also includes ready-to-use resource recordings of the following accents: Norfolk (NEW), Yorkshire (NEW), Standard Canadian (NEW), Standard Australian (NEW), Standard American, Northern Irish (Belfast), Southern Irish (Cork), Scottish (Glasgow), Newcastle, Manchester, Liverpool, South Wales (Swansea), West Midlands (Walsall), Cockney, Neutral Standard English, Contemporary 'Street' London (NEW), Cornish.

An essential accent resource for students of drama and amateur dramatists. Includes free downloadable recordings of practical exercises and sample sentences.

About the Author
Edda Sharpe & Jan Haydn Rowles are two of Britain's leading, professional voice coaches with many years' experience of teaching and developing voice-coaching methods. They both teach at the acclaimed East 15 Acting School in Essex.


Book Information
ISBN 9781350267312
Author Edda Sharpe
Format Paperback
Page Count 224
Imprint Methuen Drama
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 310g