Monologues from Literature: A Sourcebook for Actors

Book Overview

Actors looking for new and exciting ways to audition will discover that some of the greatest acting scenes ever written appear not only in plays, but in novels, stories, even poetry, Monologues from... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0449905357
• ISBN13: 9780449905357
• Release Date: August 1990
• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Nice collection

This book is a very nice collection of monologues that can be easily adapted to stage.

Finally something new...From some things old!

A great book for audition material. Every director has heard 20 thousand interpretations of Blanche Dubois or Atticus Finch. This material, while familiar, is not overdone on the stage. Additionally, with works ranging from Cervantes, Voltaire and Dostoevsky to Jack Kerouac, Nora Ephron and Kurt Vonnegut there is an enormous variety of comedy, drama and slice-of-life dramedy selections to choose from.The really fantastic thing about this particular book is the way it indexes the monolgoes by gender, age range, and level of comedy/drama. It also gives a good summary of the context for each piece.