Fifty essential classical monologues by the great world dramatists These great dramatic monologues - from all periods and styles, all varied in tone and genre - make an indispensable actor's companion for auditioning, rehearsing and performing. Contains extracts from Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Kyd, Marlowe, Shakespeare, Jonson, Middleton, Webster, Ford, Behn, Congreve, Wycherley, Sheridan, Vanburgh, Racine, Moliere, Calderon, Buchner, Ibsen, Strindberg, Checkhov, Synge, Wilde and Shaw plus many more. Each monologue is accompanied by editors' commentaries and textual notes that point the beginner and the experienced actor towards the riches and challenges that lie waiting to be released on stage.
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Michael Earley is a literary adviser for BBC Radio Drama and formerly Chairman of the Theatre Studies Program at Yale University. Philippa Keil has worked professionally in London at the Orange Tree Theatre. Together, they have published Solo! The Best Monologues of the 80s and Soliloquy! The Shakespeare Monologues.
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Lord Illingworth, Lady Windermere, Miss Julie, Lord Darlington, Lady Orreyed, Lord Foppington, Sir Harry Wildair, Sir Robert Chiltern, William Shakespeare Act, Caius Marcius, Captain Absolute, Christopher Marlowe Act, Shakespeare's Hamlet New!
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I killed her in the name of Justice. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
hundred guineas, double dealer, government inspector, cherry orchard Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Lord Illingworth, Lady Windermere, Miss Julie, Lord Darlington, Lady Orreyed, Lord Foppington, Sir Harry Wildair, Sir Robert Chiltern, William Shakespeare Act, Caius Marcius, Captain Absolute, Christopher Marlowe Act, Shakespeare's Hamlet New!
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- The Classical Monologue (W) (Audition Speeches) by Michael Earley in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
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- Contemporary Scenes for Actors: Men (Theatre Arts (Routledge Paperback)) by Michael Earley in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
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