Ebook: Contemporary Monologues for Women

"In this volume of the Good Audition Guides, you'll find fifty fantastic speeches for women, all written since the year 2000, by some of our most exciting dramatic voices. Playwrights featured in Contemporary Monologues for Women include Mike Bartlett, Alexi Kaye Campbell, Caryl Churchill, Helen Edmundson, debbie tucker green, Ella Hickson, Lucy Kirkwood, Rona Munro, Joanna Murray-Smith and Enda Walsh, and the plays themselves were premiered at the very best theatres across the UK including the National Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Bush, Soho and Hampstead Theatres, Manchester Royal Exchange, the Traverse in Edinburgh, the Abbey in Dublin, and many on the stages of the Royal Court. Drawing on her experience as an actor, director and teacher at several leading drama schools, Trilby James prefaces each speech with a thorough introduction including the vital information you need to place the piece in context (the who, what, when, where and why) and suggestions about how to perform the scene to its maximum effect (including the character's objectives and keywords). Contemporary Monologues for Women also features an introduction on the whole process of selecting and preparing your speech, and approaching the audition itself. The result is the most comprehensive and useful contemporary monologue book now available"--Publisher's description.;Monologues. Scarlet from Airsick / Emma Frost -- Claire from from Apologia / Alexi Kaye Campbell -- Jean from August:Osage County / Tracy Letts -- Daughter from bedbound / Enda Walsh -- Sophie from Boys / Ella Hickson -- Anne from Brontë / Polly Teale -- Isobel from Bull / Mike Bartlett -- Katie from Bunny / Jack Thorne -- Mmoma from Cockroach / Sam Holcroft -- Charity from Dancing bears / Sam Holcroft -- Katerina from Delirium / Enda Walsh -- Astrid from Eight / Ella Hickson -- Melanie from Fair / Joy Wilkinson -- Anita from Fast labour / Steve Waters -- Jo from Gilt / Steve Greenhorn, Rona Munro and Isabel Wright -- Emma from Girls and dolls / Lisa McGee -- Justine from Herding cats / Lucinda Coxon -- Sister Jauna Inés de la Cruz from Heresy of love / Helen Edmundson -- Sophie from Honour / Joanna Murray-Smith -- Peta from How love is spelt / Cloë Moss -- Miranda from How to curse / Ian McHugh -- Rebecca from Immaculate / Oliver Lansley -- Lara from Invisible / Tena Štivičić -- Dijana from it felt empty when the heart went at first but it is alright now / Lucy Kirkwood -- Shelley from Ladies down under / Amanda Whittington --Girl from Limbo / Declan Feenan -- Joanne from Little baby Jesus / Arinze Kene -- Vicky from Little Dolls / Nancy Harris -- Amber from Little Gen / Elaine Murphy -- Unspecified from Love and information / Caryl Churchill -- Brenda from Loyal Women / Gary Mitchell -- Eva from Memory / Jonathan Lichtenstein -- Becky from Mogadishu / Vivienne Franzmann -- Jane from Mother Teresa is dead / Helen Edmundson -- Rachel Corrie from My name is Rachel Corrie / taken from the writings of Rachel Corrie, edited by Alan Rickman and Katherine Viner -- Tania from My name is Tania Head / Alexandra Wood -- Laura from No romance / Nancy Harris -- Lin Han from Pandas / Rona Munro -- Layla from Perve / Stacey Gregg -- Bea from Pieces / Hywel John -- Joey from Precious little talent / Ella Hickson -- Sylvia from The pride / Alexi Kaye Campbell -- Sabine from Push up / Roland Schimmelpfennigh, translated by Maja Zade -- Bella from Rabbit / Nine Raine -- Sister from randon / Debboe Tucker Green -- Maeve from Scenes from the big picture / Owen McCafferty -- Sophie from Strawberries in January / Evelynde de la Chenelière, in a version by Rona Munro -- B from Terminus / Mark O'Rowe -- Marie from This wide night / Chloë Moss -- Lucy from what we know / Pamela Carter.