Are you doing a play by Tennessee Williams? Or one of David Mamet's plays set in Chicago? Need to learn a Southern or Boston or New York or Caribbean Islands accent quickly or do you have plenty of time? Then ÊTeach Yourself Accents ä North America: A Handbook for Young Actors and SpeakersÊ is for you: an easy-to-use manual full of clear cogent advice and fascinating information. Contemporary monologues and scenes for two are included and audio tracks feature extensive practice exercises. Perfect for the young acting student the book will help anyone beginning a study of accents to get a rapid handle on the subject and use any accent immediately with an authentic sound. More experienced actors who need an authoritative quick guide for an audition or for role preparation will find it equally useful as will speakers who want to improve a specific accent or liven up a presentation with an apt anecdote. This second volume of the new Teach Yourself Accents series by Robert Blumenfeld author of the best-selling ÊAccents: A Manual for ActorsÊ covers General American the most widely used accent of Standard American English as well as Northern and Southern regional accents AAVE (African-American Vernacular English) Hispanic Caribbean Islands and Canadian English and French accents.
