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| Author | : Chrys Salt |
| Publisher | : Methuen Drama |
| Total Pages | : 152 |
| Release | : 2003 |
| Genre | : Drama |
| ISBN | : |
A wide ranging selection of some of the best stage monologues from the last ten years. The book provides a varied and dramatic challenge for the professional, student and amateur actor, for auditions, classes or rehearsals.
| Author | : Jean Marlow |
| Publisher | : A&C Black |
| Total Pages | : 144 |
| Release | : 2009-10-26 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 140814106X |
Intended for students and children taking part in speech and drama competitions and exams, this book contains a range of audition speeches. It includes female, male and unisex speeches selected from both plays and children's books. Where relevant the author has indicated how a speech could be shortened for younger children. There is also an introductory section with contributions from Alan Ayckbourn, Carol Schroder (teacher and examiner for the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art), Richard Carpenter (TV writer) and Ed Wilson (Director of the National Youth Theatre) and senior casting directors for the RSC, TV and film. This edition has been freshly revised to include 10 new speeches from well known recent productions as well as children's books including Harry Potter. 'A superb compilation' Amateur Stage
| Author | : Chrys Salt |
| Publisher | : Methuen Drama |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2008-11-03 |
| Genre | : Drama |
| ISBN | : 9780413772923 |
This book of contemporary monologues for women includes pieces from the best of the last three decades of contemporary playwriting, from Howard Brenton and Bryony Lavery to Charlotte Jones and Mark Ravenhill. Including extracts from plays by award-winning British playwrights, there are pieces both serious and comic providing the actor with all the challenges of performing contemporary plays. The book is an invaluable resource for auditions, acting class, competitions and rehearsals. A fuller appreciation of each monologue is provided by Chrys Salt's invaluable commentaries, giving clues as to possible direction and setting each piece in the context of the play as a whole.Praise for Chrys Salt's Make Acting Work: "A really useful book for every actor to own" Prunella Scales; "This book should be part of every resourceful actor's armoury" Annette Badland
| Author | : Chrys Salt |
| Publisher | : Methuen Drama |
| Total Pages | : 130 |
| Release | : 2005-09-08 |
| Genre | : Drama |
| ISBN | : |
Selection of speeches drawn from landmark plays stretching from classical theatre through to the nineteenth century.
| Author | : Marina Caldarone |
| Publisher | : Methuen Drama |
| Total Pages | : 130 |
| Release | : 2006-08-04 |
| Genre | : Drama |
| ISBN | : |
An invaluable selection of pieces resource for actors working in radio, theatre or television.
| Author | : Jane Edwardes |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 114 |
| Release | : 2005 |
| Genre | : Drama |
| ISBN | : 9780571217649 |
With an impressive array of speeches from a diverse range of first-class playwrights, the Faber Book of Monologues is an indispensable guide to new, untapped, and cutting-edge material. Designed for use in professional auditions as well as student workshops, each volume contains over twenty-five selections, ranging in age from twenty to sixty-five, which are culled from a rich variety of tragic, comic, realist and absurdist works by the most vibrant new playwrights, as well as critically-acclaimed pieces from established masters such as Richard Greenberg, David Hare, Neil LaBute, and Yasmina Reza. In order to foster a more nuanced association between the actor and the material, each selection includes insightful character commentary, staging and vocalization recommendations, and references to past great performances. A thoughtful introduction, written by critic Jane Edwardes, provides helpful hints for the nerve-wracking audition process.
| Author | : Jean Marlow |
| Publisher | : Psychology Press |
| Total Pages | : 132 |
| Release | : 2001 |
| Genre | : Drama |
| ISBN | : 9780878301461 |
Jean Marlow, who runs The Actors' Theatre School in London, has chosen a variety of speeches especially designed for auditioning for television and stage parts as well as for applications to drama schools. Also included is helpful advice from film and theatre director Sir Peter Hall, casting director Doreen Jones, and stage and film dialect coach Penny Dyer.
| Author | : Dee Cannon |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 132 |
| Release | : 2016-10-28 |
| Genre | : Drama |
| ISBN | : 1783199407 |
Monologues are an essential part of every actor's toolkit. Actors need them for drama school entry, training, showcases and when auditioning for roles in the industry. Edited by Dee Cannon, author of the bestselling In-Depth Acting, this book showcases selected monologues from some of the finest modern plays by some of today's leading contemporary playwrights. The monologues contain a diverse range of quirky and memorable characters that cross cultural and historical boundaries, and comes in a brand new format, with a notes page next to each speech, acting as an actor's workbook as well as a monologue resource.
| Author | : Titilola Dawudu |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 263 |
| Release | : 2018-10-31 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1786824620 |
A brand-new collection of original audition pieces written by and for actors of colour, commissioned by Tamasha Theatre Company and edited by Titilola Dawudu, with a foreword by Noma Dumezweni. Hear Me Now is a unique collection of over eighty original audition monologues, expressly created by a range of award-winning writers brought together by producer Titilola Dawudu and Tamasha Theatre Company. They're ideal for actors of colour searching for speeches for auditions or training, writers, teachers, and theatre-makers who are passionate about improving diversity. The book provides varied, nuanced stories that expand beyond the range of existing material available – from a cross-dressing Imam, to the first Black Prime Minister, the British Indian girl with dreams of becoming a country music star, or the young Black boy who loves baking as much as football – Hear Me Now is an essential tool for actors of colour to showcase their range, and seeks to inspire, empower, and create a legacy for generations to come.
| Author | : The 24 Hour Plays |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 172 |
| Release | : 2020-06-25 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 1350187550 |
Since 1995 The 24 Hour Plays have been responding to theatre in the moment. As the 2020 Coronavirus pandemic brought an end to live theatre in the USA and Europe, the company sprang to work to keep the arts alive. Bringing together some of America's most prolific writers for the stage and screen, this unique and contemporary book of monologues collates the responses in dramatic fashion, making for an anthology of work that is timely, moving, irreverent and at its best, transcendent. Featuring original monologues by writers such as David Lindsay-Abaire, Clare Barron, Hansol Jung, Stephen Adly Guirgis, Christoper Oscar Peña, Jesse Eisenberg and Monique Moses this is a rich collection that can be enjoyed by actors, writers and those looking for creative responses to the global COVID-19 crisis. With over 50 monologues from the first three weeks of the project, edited by Howard Sherman, this is an important collection that documents an unprecedented moment in history whilst also offering practical resource for actors and performers.
