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It was the American actress, Anna Deavere Smith who first combined the journalistic technique of interviewing subjects from all walks of life with the art of recreating their exact words in performance.
The technique was subsequently taught at the Actors Centre by Mark Wing-Davey, in his 'Drama Without Paper' workshop which inspired the creation of Come Out Eli and the founding of Recorded Delivery.
The technique involves gathering recorded interviews on a mini disc, editing the material and then during performance, the actor via earphones hears the edited interview and copies it exactly, thus reproducing the precise speech pattern of the person interviewed and their whole being becomes immediately apparent.
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