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| Genre/Form: | monologues Drama Monologues (Drama) Monologues (Théâtre) Théâtre |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Juvenile audience, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Michael Schulman; Eva Mekler |
| ISBN: | 0312966547 9780312966546 |
| OCLC Number: | 39740651 |
| Description: | xxxvi, 330 pages ; 18 cm |
| Contents: | The dining room / by A.R. Gurney -- A month in the country / by Ivan Turgenev ; translation by Richard Freeborn -- The fourposter / Jan de Hartog -- Extremities / by William Mastrosimone -- The death of a miner / by Paula Cizmar -- Later life / by A.R. Gurney. Monday after the miracle / by William Gibson -- The three sisters / by Anton Chekhov ; translation by Ann Dunnigan -- Hurlyburly / by David Rabe -- Beyond therapy / by Christopher Durang -- The sea gull / by Anton Chekhov ; translation by Ann Dunnigan -- Annie and Arthur / by Michael Schulman -- Dylan / by Sidney Michaels -- Amadeus / by Peter Shaffer -- Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune / by Terrence McNally -- An ideal husband / by Oscar Wilde. Measure for measure / by William Shakespeare -- Much ado about nothing / by William Shakespeare -- King Richard III / by William Shakespeare -- Macbeth / by William Shakespeare -- The taming of the shrew / by William Shakespeare -- Julius Caesar / by William Shakespeare -- Twelfth night; or, what you will / by William Shakespeare -- The two gentlemen of Verona / by William Shakespeare -- Romeo and Juliet / by William Shakespeare -- A midsummer-night's dream / by William Shakespeare -- The winter's tale / by William Shakespeare -- Hamlet / by William Shakespeare -- King Lear / by William Shakespeare -- King Richard II / by William Shakespeare. A taste of honey / by Shelagh Delaney -- The Miss Firecracker contest / by Beth Henley -- All the way home / Tad Mosel -- Isn't it romantic / by Wendy Wasserstein -- Playing for time / by Arthur Miller -- Anton Chekhov's "the duel" / adapted by Michael Schulman and Eva Mekler ; translation by Ann Dunnigan -- Come back to the 5 and dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean / by Ed Graczyk -- Absent friends / Alan Ayckbourn -- Sylvia / by A.R. Gurney -- Steel Magnolias / by Robert Harling -- Piaf / by Pam Gems -- Twelfth night; or what you will / William Shakespeare. Speed-the-plow / by David Mamet -- Suburbia / by Eric Bogosian -- Other people's money / by Jerry Sterner -- Glengarry Glen Ross / by David Mamet -- Cover / by Jeffrey Sweet, with Stephen Johnson and Sandra Hastie -- Sight unseen / by Donald Margulies -- I hate Hamlet / by Paul Rudnick -- Breaking the code / by Hugh Whitemore -- Bent / by Martin Sherman -- Blobo's boy / by Albert J. Zuckerman. A coupla white chicks sitting around talking / by John Ford Noonan -- Absent friends / Alan Ayckbourn -- Master class / by Terrence McNally -- Say goodnight, Gracie / by Ralph Pape -- Double solitaire / by Robert Anderson -- Uncle Vanya / by Anton Chekhov ; translation by Ann Dunnigan -- Three tall women / by Edward Albee -- Sexual perversity in Chicago / by David Mamet -- Seascape with sharks and dancer / by Don Nigro -- Eat your heart out / by Nick Hall -- The faculty lounge / by Michael Schulman. Whiskey / by Terrence McNally -- Ivanov / by Anton Chekhov ; translation by Ann Dunnigan -- Conversations with my father / by Herb Gardner -- The house of blue leaves / by John Guare -- A delicate balance / by Edward Albee -- The substance of fire / by Jon Robin Baitz -- Steambath / by Bruce Jay Friedman -- One for the road / by Harold Pinter -- Lips together, teeth apart / by Terrence McNally -- Lolita / by Edward Albee, adapted from the novel by Vladimir Nabokov -- Death of a salesman / by Arthur Miller. |
| Responsibility: | [compiled by] Michael Schulman and Eva Mekler. |
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Abstract:
Designed for acting students or those involved in the profession, this text can also serve as a tool for the novice who wants to improve their self-confidence when giving public speeches. The scenes and monologues are excerpts from popular theatrical plays ranging from Shakespeare to Broadway.
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