Books in the Theater: Theory/Text/Performance series

During her lifetime (1755-1831), English actress Sarah Siddons was an international celebrity acclaimed for her performances of tragic heroines. We know what she looked like, but what of her famous voice, reported to cause audiences to hyperventilate or faint? In lively and engaging prose Judith Pascoe takes readers on a journey to discover how the actor's voice actually sounded.

The first philosophical study devoted solely to acting, offering a meditation on the spillover from acting to life