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This collection of 75 solo speeches and performance pieces for actors has been selected from the finest material being written today for theatre in America and England. Solo! presents dramatic monologues on the cutting edge. All selections include acting notes along with the quick and easy guide to the art of auditioning.
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While contemporary culture may be fixated on youthful sex appeal, the most complex and interesting characters in dramatic literature have been (and still are) those over 40 years old. Whether it's Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman, Gorgeous Teitelbaum in Wendy Wasserstein's Sisters Rosenzweig, or Troy the former big leaguer in August Wilson's Fences, these characters have a texture and a gravitas that can't be found in younger roles. This volume...
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In his epic monologue, Bengali-Swedish writer Anisur Rahman (b. 1978) brings to life the voice and mind of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman during all hardships and struggle for an independent nation for the Bengali speaking people of the Indian Subcontinent. The political history of Bangladesh have manifested itself as the people's proclamation of language as a cultural heritage, and as an epitome of resistance to colonial powers mapping out the postcolonial...
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Paper Cuts offers thirty-six contemporary, character-driven monologues for actors aged eighteen to eighty.
Ranging from one to seven minutes, Budding presents a vivid collection of characters both familiar and fanciful. From biting satire to the bizarre and quirky, each monologue is a fresh and insightful glimpse into relationships, work, politics, religion, growing old, and other idiosyncrasies of modern life.
Paper Cuts is the perfect weapon to...
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William Shakespeare, long hailed as the history's greatest dramatic writer, has been lauded for his mastery of poetic expression, his insight into the human condition and his deep exploration into the psyche and motivations of his characters.
These skills are perhaps best encapsulated in the monologues he gives his various protagonists, villains and bit players. From the ambitious Scottish general Macbeth contemplating the assassination of his sovereign...
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A varied collection of 30-contemporary monologues from Mark Wheeller's plays.
The book includes monologues from
Too Much Punch For Judy,
Hard To Swallow,
Missing Dan Nolan,
I Love You, Mum I Promise I Won't Die,
Game Over
...and many more of Mark's plays...and musicals.
All these monologues are suitable for young people, to use in the classroom, online to camera or Zoom, or for audition use. Despite many being, ostensibly for adult performers they,...
9) One
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Meet Adam – it's his fault whenever his football team loses, Angelina who sabotages her ballet classmates, Billy who can't sit still, Dora who has decided it's time to fall in love, Kathy who knows her own mind when it comes to fashion, Alice who starts a campaign to save the apricot tree in her backyard and Armellieery who has friends named 'Palooma, Cheetah and Paisleee with three e's'. These are a few of the characters who appear in One – a...
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William Shakespeare, long hailed as the history's greatest dramatic writer, has been, lauded for his mastery of poetic expression, his insight into the human condition and his deep exploration into the psyche and motivations of his characters. These skills are perhaps, best encapsulated in the monologues he gives his various protagonists, villains and bit players.
From King Henry V's inspiring speech to his soldiers on the field of Agincourt to the...
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On the evening of her father's funeral, while his family recites suras from the Koran, Noun interrupts the ceremony. Faithful to the memory of her father, a writer and journalist, a freedom fighter, she decides to put an end to this memorial and to make sure that her father's last wishes are respected: to be buried to a jazz tune. Locked up with the dead body, Noun looks back on her experience in Lebanon. She reminisces about the war, the straitjacket...
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La celebrada dramaturga argentina contemporánea recrea, desde cinco monólogos, a las heroínas más famosas de la literatura clásica: Fedra de Creta, Medea de Cólquida, Helena de Esparta, Casandra de Troya y Circe, la maga de Eea. Por aquí transita la idea de refundar y reparar desde una perspectiva en la sociedad actual sus conflictos.
13) Six Plays
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This anthology features six plays by celebrated Chicago playwright Mickle Maher, who has been described by the Houston Chronicle as "one of the most original voices in American theater today," and by the Chicago Reader as "a master at creating complex, paradoxical works that encompass their own contradictions." Maher's plays engage classic literature as a jumping off point for seriously unusual comedic dramas, often dealing with the absurdity, difficulties,...
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In Fool For Love, situated at a seedy motel on the edge of the Mojave Desert, transient lovers May and Eddie spin around in a room in a relentless struggle for power and truth. Through recollections and dreams, multiple versions of a fierce and fatal love story are told.
The Sad Lament of Pecos Bill on the Eve of Killing His Wife, another kind of love story in the form of a comic operetta, takes a distaff view of the Southwest's legendary cowpuncher...
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Your one-stop classical workshop! At last, over 175 of Shakespeare's finest and most performable monologues taken from all thirty-seven plays are here in two easy-to-use volumes (Men and Women). Selections travel the entire spectrum of the great dramatist's vision, from comedies, wit and romances, to tragedies, pathos and histories.
16) Buffoon
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Born to circus folk who prefer trapezing over parenting, Felix quickly learns to turn life's misfortunes into jokes. His longing for family and home is piqued at the tender age of seven when he falls hopelessly in love with an older woman, the beguiling Aja, who is eight. In the process, a clown is born, and we watch him grow into a middle-aged buffoon. Over time, Felix stops waiting for someone else to love him; his journey becomes one of loving...
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As the 40th anniversary of La Nuit de la poésie in Montreal approaches, playwright Robert Lepage is invited to recite Michèle Lalonde's seminal poem "Speak White" from memory on the special night. After agonizing hours spent attempting to memorize the piece, Lepage finds himself unable to recall a single line. In a last effort he decides to employ a mnemonic device dating back to ancient Greece called the Memory Palace - a technique of imagination...
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You wanna be funny for your audition? This book of monologues, written by people who are actually funny for a living, has your back.
This incredibly hysterical, cutting-edge monologue book will give the teen actor the extra bang he needs to land the perfect comedic role! Teen Boys' Comedic Monologues That Are Actually Funny features monologues by writers and comics who have written for and/or performed on Saturday Night Live, The Tonight Show, Last...
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Pour se débarrasser de son ennui, Petit Louis monte au grenier en bâillant. À sa grande surprise, les objets qui y sont entreposés se mettent à parler. Malheureusement, tout le monde croit à des boniments, car seule une âme d'enfant peut les entendre, évidemment. Est-ce vraiment le fruit de son imagination? Seule l'écoute de l'enregistrement qu'il a si gentiment confié à l'auteur permettra de répondre à cette question.
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Never before has a monologue book been written completely by people who are actually funny for a living!
This incredibly hysterical, cutting-edge collection of monologues will give an actor the extra bang he needs to land the perfect comedic role. Men's Comedic Monologues That Are Actually Funny features monologues by writers and comics who have written for and/or performed on Saturday Night Live, The Tonight Show, Last Comic Standing, E! Entertainment,...
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