Contemporary Scenes for Student Actors

Book Overview

This collection of contemporary scenes provides the student actor, as well as professional and untrained performers, with material from some of the best plays ever written. Each selection contains critical information on characters, setting, and background to give a clear sense of what the play is about. Contemporary Scenes for Student Actors accommodates a wide variety of acting styles, from naturalistic to poetic to highly stylized, spanning a range of ages and a variety of locales, and incorporating excerpts of various lengths. Includes scenes from plays by - Woody Allen - Maxwell Anderson - Jean Anouilh - Simon Gray - John Guare - Lillian Hellman - Albert Innaurato - David Mamet - Mark Medoff - Arthur Miller - Miguel Pinero - David Rabe - Sam Shepard - Tennessee Williams - And many more

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140481532
• ISBN13: 9780140481532
• Release Date: July 1980
• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.1" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Contemporary Scenes for Student Actors

I'm a librarian, and I wish I had at least two more copies of this book. It is checked out more by students than many of our books in the drama section. I hope to see more books like this one.

Liked it very much -

This book has a wide range of scenes - for 2 men, 2 woman, one man, one woman. Great scenes from old classics - The Lion in Winter, The Children's Hour, etc. If you don't want to do the same old scenes, this book is great. It's not a how-to, just the scenes. Schulman & Mekler are great anyway. They have other good compilations.