About the Booklet and CD:

Analysis and overview of the Cockney dialect of London with practice material for actors.

The Cockney Dialect (approximately 20 pages and 30 minutes of recording on the accompanying CD), is one in Paul Meier's acclaimed dialect instruction series, easy enough for the beginner, yet rigorous enough for the most experienced professional.

Of all the UK accents, Cockney is one of the most famous. Best known for identifying working-class Londoners, actors like Michael Caine and Jason Statham brought the inflection to Hollywood. Using the booklet and CD's clear demonstration and simple exercises, no matter what your level of training, you will quickly become proficient in The Cockney Dialect you need in films, theatre, TV, radio, voice-over, ventriloquism, and stand-up comedy. These proven materials demonstrate all the "signature sounds" of the dialect in simple word lists, then in practice sentences, and finally in more challenging practice material. Paul Meier also demonstrates rhythm, intonation, and tonal placement.

All practice sentences and monologues are expressed both in the International Phonetic Alphabet (I.P.A.) and in Paul Meier's successful "number keying" system for the non-I.P.A. user. He concludes the booklet and CD by speaking two great audition monologues (one male and one female) from a play or film in The Cockney Dialect. The booklets average 20 pages, while the accompanying CDs average 30 minutes.

About the Author:

Paul Meier is a dialect coach for theatre and film; a voice-over artist with many commercials and audio books to his credit; a theatre professor specializing in voice, speech, dialect, and heightened text; and works with clients on accent reduction and English as a Second Language (ESL). This has been his calling for over 40 years, both in his native London, in the United States where he is now based, and all over the world.