A collection of classical audition speeches selected from plays spanning the following periods; Elizabethan-Jacobean, Restoration, eighteenth century and late nineteenth to early twentieth century. For each speech a brief synopsis of the scene is outlined and the age and accent of the character listed. An introductory section includes advice from teachers, casting agents and directors on what they look for during an audition.
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A collection of classical audition speeches selected from plays spanning the following periods; Elizabethan-Jacobean, Restoration, 18th century and late 19th to early 20th century. For each speech a synopsis of the scene is outlined and the age and accent of the character listed.
* Preface * Acknowledgements * Introduction * Applying and
Auditioning for Drama School * Auditioning for Professional Theatre *
Audition Speeches The Alchemist All for Love Arden of Faversham The
Atheist's Tragedy Bartholmew Fair The Beaux' Stratagem The Broken Heart
Bussy D'Ambois The Changeling The Country Wife The Critic The
Double-Dealer Dr Faustus The Duchess of Malfi Eastward Ho! Edward the
Second Epicoene or The Silent Woman Gammer Gurton's Needle An Ideal
Husband The Importance of Being Earnest The Knight of the Burning Pestle
Lady Windermere's Fan Love for Love The Malcontent A New Way to Pay Old
Debts The Plain Dealer The Provoked Wife The Relapse The Revenger's
Tragedy The Rivals The Rover The School for Scandal She Stoops to Conquer
The Shoemaker's Holiday The Spanish Tragedy 'Tis Pity She's a Whore
Volpone The Way of the World The White Devil The Witch A Woman Killed
with Kindness A Woman of No Importance Women Beware Women * Index of
Playwrights
Jean Marlow has run The Actors' Theatre School in London for a number of years and is an experienced actress and teacher. She has edited several audition speeches books for A&C Black.
