More than 200 selections from the prose and verse of Margaret Atwood, Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Emily Dickinson, Isadora Duncan, Anais Nin, Christini Rosetti, Sappho, and others.
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Don't Waste your Time or Money on this Book!,
This review is from: The Actor's Book of Monologues for Women (Mass Market Paperback)
I bought this book in hope that I could find some interesting monologues I could use for theatre class and various auditions, but it was of no use! Most items in this book are in verse and are too short in length to be of much use to the average actor. Also, the range isn't overwhelmingly broad and the written text is poor. The different works all manage to present women in a similar and cliché way, somehow it is overly apparent that the "collector" of these pieces is a male. Some selections are interesting or by famous authors, however, they're out numbered greatly by B.S. wastes of ink and trees. I encourage anyone who is considering buying this book to keep looking because they don't deserve the disappointment I suffered after reading this collection. Good Luck in finding the "perfect" monologue (unless I'm auditioning against you, just kidding! ;) )!
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Not perfect, but certainly useful!,
By ladygwyneth (Birmingham, AL United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Actor's Book of Monologues for Women (Mass Market Paperback)
I am writing mostly to refute the previous reviewer. Unlike her, I found this book to be quite useful and interesting. Yes, it is heavily skewed toward older works, many of which would be unsuitable for auditions for contemporary plays, but there are many other uses for monologues besides auditions. As for the monologues being too short for auditions, in my experience these days, most auditions require a 2 minute monologue or less, with many requesting only one minute, and some directors prefer only 30 seconds! So I am happy to find shorter monologues. In addition, I found one of the best audition pieces ever in this book -- "Telling Mom" by Karen Dale Wolman. I wish this book contained more witty contemporary essays such as this one, but perhaps Mr. Rudnicki will grace us with another book that is more oriented toward modern pieces. That said, it is certainly useful to have a book full of monologues which you can be virtually sure that no-one else has seen, and I'm glad somebody thought of compiling a collection from "non-dramatic sources."
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The purpose of this collection is simple: to bring a wide range of monologue material to women of as many ages, backgrounds, and sensibilities as possible. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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New York, Christina Rossetti, Emily Dickinson, Daddy Jim, Rhoda Lerman, Loi Yau, Mary Shelley, United States, Harvey Nichols, Kate Ryan, Mammy Ca'line, Fred Brown, Jane Austen, Master Jennings, Miss Wentworth, Queen Elizabeth, Uncle Ralph, Hester Prynne, John Brown, Aunt Hetty, Miss Furnivall, Our Father, White God New!
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The purpose of this collection is simple: to bring a wide range of monologue material to women of as many ages, backgrounds, and sensibilities as possible. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
sixty forts, dop kit Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Christina Rossetti, Emily Dickinson, Daddy Jim, Rhoda Lerman, Loi Yau, Mary Shelley, United States, Harvey Nichols, Kate Ryan, Mammy Ca'line, Fred Brown, Jane Austen, Master Jennings, Miss Wentworth, Queen Elizabeth, Uncle Ralph, Hester Prynne, John Brown, Aunt Hetty, Miss Furnivall, Our Father, White God New!
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