Shakespeare
Voice to suit role
Accent to show status
Clear use of projection,
clarity, emphasis to
convey meaning and
appeal to tiers of
audience
Voice to suit role
Actors in the Elizabethan
era had to change their
voice to suit the character.
This included a boy
changing to female, no
accent to accent and slang
voice to clear voice to
show class/status.
Boys whose voices had not
broken and beards had not
grown, were cast as female
roles.
The strongest actor
(William Kempe) played
the main character in most
of Shakespeare’s plays.
Voice to suit role
Important so audience
knew their status or
gender by use of voice.
Helped make the
character more realistic
with a voice that suited
the character.
Audience responded
to energy so no
change in voice would
have made it boring.
Accent to show status
This voice technique
worked closely with
costume to help show a
character’s status.
Clear, precise language
used by upper class
Harsh accent and careless
use of language showed
lower class.
Words more delicate and
formal by high status
Words more rough and
informal by low status
Clear use of projection, clarity, emphasis to
convey meaning and appeal to tiers of audience
Voice was loud and
projected so everyone
could hear
Pronounciation and clarity
of words important so
audience could hear what
was being said.
Words spoken with
meaning and emotion
could identify to audience
a characters
emotions/feeling at that
point in the play.
Clear use of projection, clarity, emphasis to
convey meaning and appeal to tiers of audience
When words spoken clearly
and projected audience could
follow the storyline.
Audience could hear
important words in
monologues when
emphasised with meaning
The play can appeal to
audience when spoken with
meaning, clarity and
projection.
Therefore adding realism and
including the audience as the
audience can believe the
character.
THE END
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