Winning Monologs for Young Actors: 65 Honest-To-Life Characteriation to Delight Young Actors and Audiences of All Ages [Paperback]

Peg Kehret (Author), Libby Appel (Introduction)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1986

For speech contests, acting exercises, auditions, or audience entertainment.

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For speech contests, acting exercises, auditions or audience entertainment in a stage review, these short monologs are to theatre what Art Buchwald is to journalism. Warm. Funny. And best of all - real! Sixty-five characterizations for girls, boys, and both together. Any young person will relate to the topics of these scripts. And they will like them as performance material that is "scarefree." The only book of nontheatrical monologs we know of.

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"These sixty-five short monologs will satisfy young people's needs for audition or classroom drama material."

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 12 and up
  
• Paperback: 149 pages
• Publisher: Meriwether Publishing (December 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0916260380
• ISBN-13: 978-0916260385
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #474,665 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I've published 45 books; all but two are for children. I wrote magazine articles, short stories, and plays for many years before I discovered that what I like best is to write books for kids.
When I was twelve, I was paralyzed with polio. I made almost a full recovery but I remember that time of my life so clearly that it's easy for me to write from the viewpoint of a twelve or thirteen-year-old.
I'm always thrilled when one of my books wins a state young reader award, because I know those awards are voted on by children.
I am a widow who was married for 48 years. I have two grown children and four grandchildren. I live on a small wildlife sanctuary near Mt. Rainier National Park and I often have deer and elk in my yard.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, February 15, 2001

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Andrea Fernandes (Arnold, MD USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Winning Monologs for Young Actors: 65 Honest-To-Life Characteriation to Delight Young Actors and Audiences of All Ages (Paperback)

I found this book excellent for monologues. Trying out for an acting club, we used monologues from here as our cold readings. They put everyone at ease because they are so perfect for kids. Everyone got really into the monologue they were assigned. In the club, we will perform live with big puppets like they use on tv. For each of our puppets, we will use one of these monologues. They're fantastic! The kids we perform for will absolutely love the monologues!

20 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars didn't find this one helpful, May 26, 1999

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This review is from: Winning Monologs for Young Actors: 65 Honest-To-Life Characteriation to Delight Young Actors and Audiences of All Ages (Paperback)

a friend of mine gave me this book in preperation for a professional audition i had coming up and i found nothing in it worth performing. the conclusion that i came to is that the peices selected in the book are somewhat shallow and it's my opinion that if a young actor wants to "win" with whatever he/she is performing, that the material will need to be more real to life and personal to the performer. i don't meant to say that the book would not be usefull for acting excersises or cold reading work, i am, however, saying that young actors such as myself need more of a challenge in their performing than this book gives, especially for something as important as an audition.

2.0 out of 5 stars Can't Win With These, February 27, 2010

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I found these monologues to be too simplistic and too short in length to be used as material for our Forensics competitions. As others commented, they could be fine for those wanting short material for practice or classroom experience.