This is an exciting collection of scenes from the most acclaimed and award-winning playwrights of the 1990s. It contains over 40 two-character scenes (for men/men and men/women), with the selection of scenes encompassing the widest range of styles from serious to comic and shades in between. A fuller appreciation of the dramatic context of the scenes is enhanced by the editors' introductions and commentaries. Each of the scenes offers the actor the opportunity to develop and explore the vital, dynamic and unique challenge of working with a partner on stage.
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"Libraries and faculty bookshelves are a good place to keep books such as the two under review (companion volume Contemporary Scenes for Actors: Women). They both include unknown material, along with noted plays and playwrights. The cuttings are well chosen and balanced. The comments by the editors are well thought out and informative." -- Choice
Notes to the Actors vii Scenes for One Man and One Woman I(2) The Beauty Queen of Leenane 3(16) Martin McDonagh Boys Life II(8) Howard Korder Broken Glass 19(8) Arthur Miller Closer 27(7) Patrick Marber Dog Opera 34(6) Constance Congdon The Heidi Chronicles 40(4) Wendy Wasserstein The Lodger 44(8) Simon Burke The Pitchfork Disney 52(6) Philip Ridley Raised in Captivity 58(6) Nicky Silver Shopping and F***ing 64(7) Mark Ravenhill Simpatico 71(8) Sam Shepard Some Voices 79(7) Joe Penhall Two 86(7) Jim Cartwright The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband 93(6) Debbie Isitt Scenes for Two Men 99(77) Beautiful Thing 101(6) Jonathan Harvey The Cripple of Inishmaan 107(6) Martin McDonagh Dealers Choice 113(8) Patrick Marber The Life of Stuff 121(6) Simon Donald The Lisbon Traviata 127(7) Terrence McNally Mojo 134(8) Jez Butterworth The Pitchfork Disney 142(7) Philip Ridley Search and Destroy 149(5) Howard Korder Serving it Up 154(5) David Eldridge Shopping and F***ing 159(5) Mark Ravenhill Simpatico 164(6) Sam Shepard Speed-the-Plow 170(6) David Mamet Play Sources 176(1) Acknowledgements 177
Michael Earley and Philippa Keil are the editors of TheClassical Monologue, The Modern Monologue and TheContemporary Monologue, all available from Routledge.
