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A collection of fifty audition speeches for women selected from the finest plays of the last twenty years. There are pieces from mainstream contemporary classics such as Willy Russell's Educating Rita, Stephen Poliakoff's City Sugar, Jim Cartwright's Road, and Caryl Churchill's Serious Money, as well as keynote plays like Mark Ravenhill's Shopping and F***ing, Timberlake Wertenbaker's Our Country's Good, Lee Hall's Spoonface Steinberg, David Mamet's Oleanna, and many more. They cover a wide range of mood and character, from comedy to tragedy, from youth to old age. Each piece is accompanied by a synopsis setting the extract firmly in its context.
The volume is introduced by the editor with a note of advice drawn from interviews with experienced directors.
Synopsis
Designed to offer a full range of material, each volume contains a collection of fifty audition speeches selected from the finest plays of the last thirty years. There are pieces from mainstream contemporary classics as well as cutting-edge plays from the last ten years. They cover a wide range of mood and character, from comedy to tragedy, from youth to old age. Each piece is accompanied by a synopsis setting the extract firmly in context. Invaluable source books for actors of all ages.
Synopsis
Designed to offer a full range of material, this volume contains a collection of fifty audition speeches selected from the finest plays of the last thirty years.
Synopsis
Annika Bluhm has compiled pieces from mainstream contemporary classics as well as cutting-edge plays from the last ten years. They cover a wide range of mood and character, from comedy to tragedy, from youth to old age. Each piece is accompanied by a synopsis setting the extract firmly in context
Contains an introduction from the editor with a note of advice for those preparing audition pieces.
Annika Bluhm is herself an actress and worked for one year at French's Bookshop, prior to training at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. In the course of compiling this collection of fifty audition speeches from some of our finest contemporary playwrights, she interviewed a number of directors from small companies to major institutions. She has also compiled The Methuen Drama Audition Book for Women.