Speech and Drama CW 282

Speech and Drama CW 282, nineteen lectures by Rudolf Steiner. Lectures given in the section for the Arts of Speech and Music, School of Spiritual Science, Goetheanum, Dornach, Switzerland. September 1924. Translate by Mary Adams.

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PART I: THE FORMING OF SPEECH: Lectures 1-7

1. Lecture 1: The Forming of Speech is an Art (5th September, 1924)

2. Lecture 2: The Six Revelations of Speech (6th September, 1924)

3. Lecture 3: Speech as Formed Gesture (7th September, 1924)

4. Lecture 4: How to Attain Style in Speech and Drama (8th September, 1924)

5. Lecture 5: "The secret of the art of the Master consists in this: He annihilates Matter through Form." Schiller (9th September, 1924)

6. Lecture 6: Sensitive Perception for Sound and Word instead of for Meaning and Idea. (10th September, 1924)

7. Lecture 7: Some Practical Illustrations of the Forming of Speech (11th September, 1924)

PART II: THE ART OF PRODUCTION AND THE ART OF ACTING: Lectures 8-14

8. Lecture 8: The Moulding and Sculpting of Speech (12th September, 1924)

9. Lecture 9: Style in Gesture (13th September, 1924)

10. Lecture 10: The Mystery Character of Dramatic Art (14th September, 1924)

11. Lecture 11: The Relation of Gesture and Mime to the Forming of Speech (15th September, 1924)

12. Lecture 12: The Artistic Quality in Drama. Stylisation of Moods.(16th September, 1924)

13. Lecture 13: Study of the Text from two Aspects: Delineation of Character and the Whole Form of the Play. (17th September, 1924)

14. Lecture 14: Stage Decor: Its Stylisation in Color and Light (18th September, 1924)

PART III: THE STAGE AND THE REST OF MANKIND Lecture 15-19

15. Lecture 15: The Esoteric Aspect of the Actor's Vocation (19th September, 1924)

16. Lecture 16: The Work of the Stage from its more Inward Aspect. Destiny, Character and Plot. (20th September, 1924)

17. Lecture 17: Further Study of the Sounds of Speech (21st September, 1924)

18. Lecture 18: The Speech Sounds as a Revelation of the Form of Man. Control of the Breath. (22nd September, 1924)

19. Lecture 19: The Formative Activity of the Word. (23rd September, 1924)