Synopses & Reviews
Monologues are an essential part of every actors toolkit. Actors are required to perform monologues regularly throughout their career: preparing for drama school entry, showcasing skills for agents or auditioning for a role. Following on from the bestselling first volume (2008), this book showcases selected monologues from some of the finest modern plays by some of todays leading contemporary playwrights. These monologues contain a diverse range of quirky and memorable characters that cross cultural and historical boundaries. The pieces are helpfully organized into age-specific groups: Teens, Twenties, Thirties and Forties plus.
This book and its companion volume are must-have collections of monologues by leading contemporary playwrights, featuring a diverse range of quirky and memorable characters that cross cultural and historical boundaries. Includes work by Richard Bean, Tim Crouch, Will Eno, John Logan, Dennis Kelly, Meredith Oakes, and Laura Wade.
Review
"Anyone applying to train, preparing a showcase or auditioning for a job needs a fund of good sparky monologues, and they can be quite difficult to find. So I think many people are going to be grateful to voice coach Catherine Weate who has assembled and edited two further books of modern monologues." -
The StageSynopsis
Following up on the bestselling first volume (2008), this book showcases selected monologues from some of the best contemporary plays.
Synopsis
This book and its companion volume are must-have collections of monologues by leading contemporary playwrights, featuring a diverse range of quirky and memorable characters that cross cultural and historical boundaries. Includes work by Richard Bean, Tim Crouch, Will Eno, John Logan, Dennis Kelly, Meredith Oakes, and Laura Wade.
About the Author
Catherine Weate has been voice coaching for over twenty years in England, Australia, Hong Kong, Africa and India. Her work has taken her into the diverse worlds of theatre, film, radio, education, commerce, law and politics. She has been Head of Voice at Rose Bruford College, Head of Voice and Vice Principal at the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts and Head of Examinations at LAMDA.