Working Shakespeare: Workshop DVD –  

Part Five of a five-part educational acting series. The programme follows some of the best-known actors in Hollywood as they test their Shakespearean mettle, joining with their British counterparts at a master class in New York City conducted by the Royal Shakespeare Company. The three-day master class is conducted by the RSC’s Voice Director Cicely Berry and Head of Voice Andrew Wade. Among the actors taking part are Samuel L. Jackson, Emily Watson, Robert Sean Leonard, Helen Hunt, Blythe Danner, Toby Stephens, Kate Burton, Victor Garber and Clare Danes.

The Voice Preparation Workshop offers direct, experienced, and artistically stimulating guidance for students of all ages who wish to explore their vocal potential through the principles articulated in the Working Shakespeare series. In the first part of Andrew Wade’s workshop, students are gently eased into the thinking behind each step of what will later form their own routine of exercises. We are taken through a personal journey of discovery through practical observation of the group’s pr…