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Item Coordinating Skinner speech and Linklater voice for the beginning actor(Texas Tech University, 2003-05) Wygant, David LThe following study explores the possibility of coordinating and syncopating the actor training process of Kristin Linklater voice and Edith Skinner speech. Although each methodology is heavily used in many acting programs, there is very little cross over between the two disciplines and many students who excel at one of these two methods often struggles with the other. Also, the strengths of each training method address the shortfalls of the other technique. With this in mind, I hope to coordinate these two methodologies in an attempt to negate the weak aspects of each training process with the strong aspects of the other process. I believe such coordination will also assist students in learning both the Skinner speech technique and the Linklater voice technique more completely. The project has been written particularly focused on Texas Tech University, however the same principles could be applied to any liberal arts institution where students currently pursue a degree in acting.Item The use of mythology and archetypes in character development in an actor training program: a professional problem(Texas Tech University, 1994-05) Benson, Ruthann E.An actor brings not only his first-hand experiences to his work, but also second-hand knowledge that comes from observing either the real world of characters around him or the fictional world of characters in television, film, theatre and literature. Young actors have limited first-hand experience with the depths of emotional love and hate involved with marriage or divorce; the joys, fears and weight of responsibility connected with parenting; the anxieties of day to day work; or the fear of death on the battlefield or in the circle of family and friends. The problem of inadequate experience through secondary sources daunts the young actor, as well, because more and more this knowledge comes from television and film with their emphasis only on surface appearance rather than from theatre and literature which tend to probe more deeply into the inner depths of its characters.