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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Dalya Alberge

Sir Derek Jacobi: ‘The sound and magic of voice are disappearing from theatre’

Jacobi: ‘The voice that can fill an auditorium is thrilling.’
Jacobi: ‘The voice that can fill an auditorium is thrilling.’ Photograph: Sarah Lee/The Guardian

The demise of repertory theatre, where young actors once learned their craft in a resident company, has taken its toll on vocal technique with words “becoming less important” in live performance, according to one of the nation’s most acclaimed stars of stage and screen.

Sir Derek Jacobi told the Observer that “the use of voice, the magic of voice, has all but disappeared [in the theatre]”.

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