A collection of fifty audition speeches for men selected from the finest plays of the last thirty years
Annika Bluhm has compiled pieces from mainstream contemporary classics as well as cutting-edge plays from the last ten years. They cover a wide range of mood and character, from comedy to tragedy, from youth to old age. Each piece is accompanied by a synopsis setting the extract firmly in context
Contains an introduction from the editor with a note of advice for those preparing audition pieces.
Annika Bluhm is herself an actress and worked for one year at French's Bookshop, prior to training at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. In the course of compiling this collection of fifty audition speeches from some of our finest contemporary playwrights, she interviewed a number of directors from small companies to major institutions. She has also compiled The Methuen Audition Book for Women.
A collection of fifty audition speeches for men selected from the finest plays of the last twenty years. There are pieces from mainstream contemporary classics such as Jim Cartwright's Road, Caryl Churchill's Serious Money, David Edgar's Maydays, and John Godber's Happy Families, as well as keynote plays like Martin McDonagh's The Beauty Queen of Leenane, John Retallack and Melvyn Burgess's Junk, Ron Hutchinson's Rat in the Skull, Nigel Williams' Class Enemy, and many more. They cover a wide range of mood and character, from comedy to tragedy, from youth to old age. Each piece is accompanied by a synopsis setting the extract firmly in its context.
This volume is introduced by the editor with a note of advice drawn from interviews with experienced directors.
Daugiau informacijos
Annika Bluhm has also compiled "The Methuen Audition Book for Women".
Introduction Road by Jim Cartwright Our Country's Good by Timberlake
Wertenbaker Treehouses by Elizabeth Kuti Massage by Michael Wilcox
Victoria by David Greig Maydays by David Edgar Junk by John Retallack,
adpated from the novel by Melvin Burgess The Genius by Howard Brenton Sweet
Panic by Stephen Poliakoff The Sea by Edward Bond Imagine Drowning by Terry
Johnson Gosforth's Fete (from Confusions) by Alan Ayckbourn Strugglers by
Richard Cameron Rents by Michael Wilcox A State Affair by Robin Soans The
Conquest of the South Pole by Manfred Karge The Children by Edward Bond
Barbarians by Barrie Keeffe Have I None by Edward Bond Rat in the Skull by
Ron Hutchinson Beached by Kevin Hood The Fire Raisers by Max Frisch The
Pitchfork Disney by Philip Ridley One for the Road by Willy Russell The
Hunt for Red Willie by Ken Bourke Spell # 7 by Ntozake Shange An
Experienced Woman Gives Advice by Iain Heggie The Accrington Pals by Peter
Whelan Foley by Michael West Serious Money by Caryl Churchill The Age of
Consent by Peter Morris In High Germany by Dermot Bolger Teendreams by
David Edgar and Susan Todd Pond Life by Richard Cameron Woza Albert by
Mtwa/Ngema/Simon The Beauty Queen of Leenane by Martin McDonagh Bloody
Poetry by Howard Brenton Ten Tiny Fingers, Nine Tiny Toes by Sue Townsend
After Haggerty by David Mercer Crazy Gary's Mobile Disco by Gary Owen
Insignificance by Terry Johnson The Memory of Water by Shelagh Stephenson
Cries from the Mammal House by Terry Johnson Boys' Life by Howard Korder
The Art of Success by Nick Dear Five Kinds of Silcen by Shelagh Stephenson
Ghostdancing by Deepak Verma Dog by John Hegley Herons by Simon Stephens
Star Quality by Christopher Luscombe, adapted from Noel Coward
