A dynamic collection of audition pieces for radio, stage and screen actors
Radioactive Duologues draws together over thirty extracts from the best contemporary plays for radio and stage. Designed as a resource for actors working in radio, theatre or television, this collection of extracts is perfect for audition and performance work.
The volume features introductions to each piece together with an essay on the challenges, skills and rewards of radio acting. For those starting out or already experienced in radio work, Radioactive Duologues is an explosive selection of scenes from the freshest plays.
Over thirty extracts from contemporary plays for radio, stage, and TV. Designed as a resource for actors working in radio, theater, or television, the volume is divided into three sections of duologues: male/female, male/male, and female/female.
A collection of extracts designed to help actors working in radio, film or theatre.
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Presents over thirty extracts from the plays for radio and stage. Designed as a resource for actors working in radio, theatre or television, this collection of extracts is helpful for audition and performance work. It is divided into three sections of duologues: male/female; male/male, and female/female, and features introductions to each piece.
| Foreword by Gordon House |
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Introduction by Marina Caldarone and Marilyn Le Conte |
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5 | (10) |
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Art and Guff by Catherine Tregenna |
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15 | (6) |
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Beautiful Thing by Jonathan Harvey |
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21 | (7) |
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Been So Long by Che Walker |
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28 | (6) |
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Burn the Aeneid! by Martyn Wade |
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34 | (6) |
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Dogs Barking by Richard Zajdlic |
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40 | (6) |
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Other People by Christopher Shinn |
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46 | (6) |
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Some Voices by Joe Penhall |
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52 | (5) |
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Handbag by Mark Ravenhill |
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57 | (5) |
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Honour by Joanna Murray-Smith |
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62 | (5) |
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Inside Out by Tanika Gupta |
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67 | (7) |
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Little Sweet Thing by Roy Williams |
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74 | (7) |
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The Memory of Water by Shelagh Stephenson |
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81 | (5) |
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The National Theatre by David Edgar |
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86 | (5) |
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91 | (5) |
| Male/Female: |
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96 | (5) |
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Beautiful Thing by Jonathan Harvey |
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101 | (5) |
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Bedroom Farce by Alan Ayckbourn |
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106 | (6) |
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The Bridge at Cookham by Sheila Goff |
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112 | (6) |
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The Country by Martin Crimp |
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118 | (6) |
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Dead Funny by Terry Johnson |
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124 | (8) |
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132 | (5) |
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The Employee by Sebastian Baczkiewicz |
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137 | (5) |
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File it Under Fiction by Sheila Goff |
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142 | (3) |
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145 | (5) |
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How Guillaume Apollinaire Saved my Marriage by Michael Butt |
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150 | (4) |
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Man with a Travel Hairdryer by Katie Hims |
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154 | (4) |
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The Mortal Ash by Richard Cameron |
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158 | (4) |
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Nabokov's Gloves by Peter Moffat |
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162 | (6) |
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Scenes from an Execution by Howard Barker |
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168 | (4) |
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Serving it Up by David Eldridge |
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172 | (5) |
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Stitching by Anthony Neilson |
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177 | (5) |
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Sweetheart by Nick Grosso |
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182 | (6) |
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188 | (8) |
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196 | (4) |
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What If It's Raining? by Anthony Minghella |
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200 | (5) |
| Acknowledgements |
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Marilyn Le Conte is lecturer in radio acting at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, and teac hes radio modules at Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts. She continues to work as an actress an d as a dialect consultant in radio, television, film, theatre, opera, business and education. Marina Caldarone is radio tutor at Rose Bruford College and East 15 and has worked in most of Britain's le ading drama schools. She has been a theatre director since 1984, twelve years of which as Associate Director of Theatr Clwyd and Artistic Director of the Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch, and is a freelanc e radio drama producer. She is also an acting coach in television and regular lecturer on contempora ry theatre. She is Drama Director of Crying Out Loud, a production company making voice-over CDs for actors.
