A collection of short one-person plays featuring characters, between ten and fifteen years old, who live in or near a thirteenth-century English manor.

Working as a staff writer, Johnny Carson filled in as host when Red Skelton was injured during a show rehearsal. As a result of Carson's performance, CBS created the primetime sketch show The Johnny Carson show, a traditional potpourri of comedy, music, dance, skits and monologues.

Fireword: So Katy Wix has written this book of comic monologues and I may have to steal some of them. Although written for the female voice, I dare say they would stand up very well if you were a gentleman and changed the odd word or two. Here you have a book filled with brilliant characters and much funny. Each piece is bubbling with the quirky genius that makes Miss Wix one of the funniest performers / writers around. If I was ever called to audition,...

Features the stand-up comedy of Brian Regan performing live at the Improv in Irvine, California.

An exciting and invaluable collection of audition speeches, all chosen from plays produced by the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain, spanning more than sixty years as one of the world's leading companies for young performers.Featuring seventy-five monologues by acclaimed writers such as Zawe Ashton, Moira Buffini, Carol Ann Duffy, Brian Friel, James Fritz, James Graham, Dennis Kelly, Rebecca Lenkiewicz, Gbolahan Obisesan, Evan Placey, Sarah...

A collection of original scenes and monologues written especially for middle-school actors.

"Editor Lawrence Harbison has selected one hundred terrific comic and dramatic monologues for men--all for characters between the ages of 18 and 35 and from contemporary plays that are perfect for auditions or class. Most have a compelling present-tense action for actors to perform. A few are story monologues--and they're great stories ... This is a must-have resource in the arsenal of every aspiring actor hoping to knock 'em dead with his contemporary...