Contemporary Scenes for Actors: Women collects scenes from the most acclaimed and award-winning playwrights of the 1990s. It contains over 40 two-character scenes (for women/women and women/men), 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: Men). 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 Woman and One Man: 1(98) The Beauty Queen of Leenane 3(8) Martin McDonagh Boys Life 11(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 Wassrstein 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 Women: 99(83) Amys View 101(7) David Hare The Beauty Queen of Leenane 108(8) Martin McDonagh The Cripple of Inishmaan 116(4) Martin McDonagh Kindertransport 120(6) Diane Samuels Low Level Panic 126(5) Clare McIntyre The Memory of Water 131(7) Shelagh Stephenson My Mother Said I Never Should 138(6) Charlotte Keatley A Perfect Ganesh 144(6) Terrence McNally Serving it Up 150(6) David Eldridge Sweet Panic 156(10) Stephen Poliakoff Talking in Tongues 166(7) Winsome Pinnock Weldon Rising 173(5) Phyllis Nagy The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband 178(4) Debbie Isitt Play Sources 182(2) Acknowledgements 184
Michael Earley and Philippa Keil are the editors of TheClassical Monologue, The Modern Monologue and TheContemporary Monologue, all available from Routledge.
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