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Author: Craig Slaight
Publisher: Smith & Kraus
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 194
ISBN-13: 9781880399156
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPresents a collection of monologues and scenes from familiar plays and books for young actors to perform.
Author: Michael Schulman
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2004-12-07
Total Pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9780312318796
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA collection of over a hundred scenes and monologues from plays from the Elizabethan period to contemporary Tony Award winners.
Author: Timothy Mooney
Publisher:
Published: 2012-02-01
Total Pages: 154
ISBN-13: 9780983181217
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"The Big Book of Molière Monologues brings you over 160 New Molière Monologues! Classical Monologues they haven't seen before! You get winning insight into seventeen Molière plays, and an understanding of the funniest playwright who ever walked the boards! With precise stylistic/acting advice from adaptor and master actor, Timothy Mooney, you can showcase your classical abilities a their very best!"--Cover
Author: Michael Schulman
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 1998-09-15
Total Pages: 370
ISBN-13: 9780312966546
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOver 80 scenes and monologues from the finest plays of all time.
Author: Mary Hall Surface
Publisher: Smith & Kraus
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9781575251790
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA collection of original scenes and monologues written especially for middle-school actors.
Author: Michael Schulman, Ph.D.
Publisher: Bantam
Published: 1984-05-01
Total Pages: 386
ISBN-13: 0553263668
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHere is wonderful, up-to-date material for scene study, selected from the best plays from recent theater seasons. More than 20 monologues for both men and women, carefully chosen to display the widest range of dramatic ability, are essential for auditioning actors. A large selection of parts for woman provide exciting opportunities to sharpen acting skills in roles that brought accolades from New York's toughest critics. More than 80 scenes in all, many previously unpublished, allow every actor, professional, amateur or student, to choose from either smart, sassy, often outrageous comedy or deeply moving drama—a unique, balanced collection of the most successful contemporary plays.
Author: Craig Slaight
Publisher: Crossroad Press
Published: 2017-09-15
Total Pages: 210
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAs professional directors and teachers who work with young and adult actors at the Tony Award-Winning American Conservatory Theater, Slaight and Sharrar have years of experience helping actors uncover the dynamics of the monologue, as acting exercise and as audition material. Now in their impressive third volume of age-appropriate monologues, culled from plays by substantial playwrights from an international field, the editors have assembled an impressive collection to take the actor/director/teacher to new levels of sophistication and breadth. The volume's introduction is a concise guide to today's audition obstacles and how to overcome them. As in their other award-winning collections, Slaight and Sharrar have selected character speeches from the finest dramatic literature. In addition, they have included a special section on the use of the song lyric as an exciting and useful exercise in solo work. Some of the writers included are: Edward Albee, Lee Blessing, Constance Congdon, Kia Corthron, Bob Dylan, Horton Foote, Timothy Mason, Sharman Macdonald, Lynn Nottage, Adam Rapp, George Bernard, Shaw Shakespeare, Sam Shepard, John M. Synge
Author: Marisa Smith
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 1986-12-02
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780140094756
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor actors, acting students, and film buffs, this book of more than 100 movie monologues has the juiciest roles that will help you create the perfect audition. Whether you need a long or short part, you'll find great selections of male and female characters for all types across diverse age ranges. Use this reference for the featured scenes from screenplays of such classics as Adam’s Rib by Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin, The Goodbye Girl by Neil Simon, The French Lieutenant’s Woman by Harold Pinter, and The Conversation by Francis Ford Coppola, among others.
Author: Roger Ellis
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2013-10-01
Total Pages: 258
ISBN-13: 1480366943
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this anthology, theater expert Roger Ellis culls together dramatic scenes and monologues that all deal with spiritual experience. From various religious and non-religious perspectives, the book explores various aspects of spirituality – religious faith, martyrdom, death and afterlife, fate and destiny, mercy, and romantic love. The material comes from contemporary plays by some of the most gifted playwrights – Arthur Miller, Tony Kushner, John Patrick Shanley, John Pielmeier, Tammy Ryan, Elie, Wiesel, Karen Sunde, and others. Perfect for high-school through college-age students, as well as for actors and general readers, this volume contains nearly 100 scenes, ranging from comic to serious, grouped in five categories: “Scenes for a Man and a Woman ” “Scenes for Two Women ” “Scenes for Two Men ” “Monologues for Women ” and “Monologues for Men.” In addition to the monologues, Ellis includes notes on staging to help actors and directors bring these scenes to life. Some of the plays sourced for this anthology include The Crucible, Doubt, In the Shape of a Woman, Agnes of God, Epic Proportions, Our Lady of 121st Street, Angels in America, and Affection in Time.
Author: Nina Shengold
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780140096491
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis unique anthology provides a wealth of material for actors and acting students, and a wonderful overview of the best recent plays for anyone interested in theatre. The more than 150 monologues cover a diverse range of subjects, and offer a variety of dramatic styles and moods. Each monologue is introduced with a short description of the plot, setting, and character type by the leading plauwrights of our time. Featured dramatists include: Christopher Durang, Wendy Wasserstein, Lanford Wilson, Wallace Shawn, Tina Howe, Caryl Churchill, Athol Fugard, Beth Henley, Sam Shepard, David Henry Hwang, Harry Kondoleon, John Patrick Shanley, Larry Shue, Michael Weller, David Rabe, Marsha Norman, August Wilson, Albert Innaurato, Jules Feiffer, Harold Pinter, David Hare, Jose Rivera, Tom Stoppard, John Guare, David Mamet, Charles Fuller, William Matrosimone, Robert Patrick, Miguel Pinero
