A changed voice in an adult is probably best exemplified by Margaret Thatcher during her election campaign

A changed voice in an adult is probably best exemplified by Margaret Thatcher during her election campaign – as mentioned in my book STEPPING INTO MY SHOES:

Britain’s first female prime minister who underwent elocution lessons to lower her voice. Sieghart dedicates a full chapter to the way females express themselves versus their male counterparts. Previously, Mary Beard relates, ‘As one ancient scientific treatise explicitly put it, a low-pitched voice indicated courage, a high-pitched voice cowardice.’ She contends that the banning of the female voice goes back to Ancient Greece and continues to say, ‘It is not what you say that prompts [insults], it’s simply the fact that you’re saying it.

As for actors, it is not unusual for an actor to take on the persona of the role he is playing; the famous Shakespearian quote “All the World Is A Stage” is another illustration of the blurred lines between fact and fiction. Another excellent example is Sartre’s play KEAN in which the actor takes on the role of King Lear whom he has protrayed on stage.

You could say the actor gets so much into the skin of the part he plays, he ceases to ‘play’ it, he adopts it.