Anxiety about how we speak prevents many of us from expressing ourselves well. In her classic handbook, Cicely Berry, Voice Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company and world-famous voice teacher, tackles the reasons for this anxiety and explains her practical exercises for relaxation and breathing, clarity of diction and vocal flexibility - everything that you need to achieve good speech.
This and Berry' Voice and the Actor were setworks when I was at University. Dusting them off and re-reading now was a revelation. Very underrated works of true excellence written by one of the worlds leading masters of their craft. Your voice is you. Learning to let it reflect the true you is a psychological as well as a vocal voyage of discovery.