Duo!: The Best Scenes for Two for the 21st Century [Paperback]

Rebecca Dunn Jaroff (Editor), Bob Shuman (Editor), Joyce E. Henry (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 2009

Culled from the work of over 100 playwrights and encompassing the seminal issues of our time, this follow-up compendium is by turns comic and serious but always intensely human. Pieces include scenes from August: Osage County, George and Martha, Intimate Apparel, Take Me Out, and Water Music.

Product Details

• Paperback: 544 pages
• Publisher: Applause Books (July 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1557837023
• ISBN-13: 978-1557837028
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.2 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #85,681 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars KUDOS for DUO!, October 29, 2009

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Jonathan Kestly - See all my reviews

This review is from: Duo!: The Best Scenes for Two for the 21st Century (Paperback)

This is a terrific collection of scenes because it does not include the same, old "Laura and the Gentleman Caller" or "Juliet on the balcony with Romeo" dialogues that you get elsewhere. Here are over a hundred fresh, hip, contemporary scenes written by an equal number of today's brightest playwrights from the turn of the 21st century on. Plus, there are scenes for a man and a woman, two women, or two men. Whether you're an acting teacher, a student, or just a theatre buff, here is a well-organized, blockbuster compendium that has been cunningly assembled by the book's three collaborators with a keen eye for works that address the spot-on issues of our age - from race and gender to class and politics to love and sex. You would do well to consider your acquisition of this book not as a purchase, but an investment.

Jonathan Kestly
Stage Director

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent source for scene study., October 23, 2009

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I just received this book to add to my library of scene books. I teach acting at a university. I am relieved to find that the book includes scenes I have not previously seen in any other scene book. (That was a lot of "scenes/seens"!) Each scene includes a helpful age/style/synopsis breakdown. Good purchase.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Lots of scenes, some strong language, October 9, 2011

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Janet109 - See all my reviews

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I bought this book for my high school forensics team. It has lots of choices, and is conveniently organized into male/female, male/male and female/female duos. However, there is some strong language, which is unfortunate. If my students find a piece they particularly like, and it had the more adult language, they would have to "b!**p" it out from the dialogue. Additionally, most of the pieces are quite short, and I'd like a few longer ones for the students who wish to have more a challenge. Aside from these two concerns, I think it is a great book for an acting class or a forensics team.