... shenanigans, as well as insights into antics in the Carry On dressing room. It is an enjoyable piece, as you may have seen, and I speak as somebody with absolutely no interest in the adulterous liaison between Babs and James. But what is particularly remarkable ...

... format of a series of letters read aloud from the sides to link it all together. There was choreographed movement, choral speaking and some impressive singing all staged against striking lighting and colourful set designs. No one who saw it could fail ...

... transcript of an interview with Harold Pinter, who himself began his career as an actor and writer in the fifties and even speaks fondly of weekly rep, and Shellard himself, who strongly questions whether the fifties were really a cultural wasteland. As ...

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... work shops on verse speaking and voice control. My dad always told me never to say no when asked to do something. I think it's important that people in the profession make contact with youngsters. With something like verse speaking, which might seem a ...

... Speech police made wrong arrest Here we go again. No sooner does anyone speak up for the oppressed Received Pronunciation than the establishment--the speech police--jumps on them and accuses them of being anti-dialect. But no one objects to dialect. Remember ...

... off at breakneck speed in total dark ness with thunderous drumming as the Weird Sisters camp- followers in battle fatigues speak the opening lines. But this is not the Scottish play. Given in modem dress, the location is any country riven by violent o ...

... while his two assistants seem to do little but loll about reading Proust to each other in French. The god himself does not speak for the first two-thirds of the play, with his thoughts voiced by an offstage actor. In fact, nothing really happens until ...

... keep his accent; McKidd had to get rid of his. It makes sense in a way, he says. You couldn't have someone like Vronsky speaking with an accent, he had to have very received pronunciation. He then reveals that Henshall was even more of a fake when it ...

... chum Waheed Alii and Jenny Agutter. And to be fair, E Nesbit's yarn was also not bad, despite not having much of a plot to speak of. What is more (and this is designated 'be lovely to Carlton' week) the broadcaster's four- parter Monsignor Renard finished ...

... was bowled over by the warm reception given the perfor mance, a cheerful Prudek expressed his delight to me via his son, who speaks excel lent English, while Srtska jauntily steered the British cohorts towards the beer barrels of the National Theatre's sponsors ...

... of public speaking. The former broadcaster said many have a great story to tell but are incapable of telling it due to a lack of preparation and training. They are taking money under false pretences. Britons tend to think of public speaking as an off ...