Theatre Arts Audition Book for Men

A collection of fifty audition speeches for men selected from the finest plays of the last twenty years. The selections come from mainstream contemporary classics and important emerging work. Many of the playwrights represented here have received critical acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic. Included are Jim Cartwright's Road, Caryl Churchill's Serious Money, David Edgar's Maydays, Martin McDonagh's the Beauty Queen of Leenane, Ron Hutchinson's Rat in the Skull, Ntozake Shange's Spell #7, and Timberlake Wertenbaker's Our Country's Good, as well as work by Max Frisch, Edward Bond, Terry Johnson, Alan Ayckbourn, and others. he speeches cover a wide range of mood and character, from comedy to tragedy, from youth to old age, offering the actor a rich choice of new material. Each piece is accompanied by a synopsis setting the extract firmly in its context. The volume is introduced by the editor with a note of advice drawn from interviews with experienced directors. Book jacket.Bluhm, Annika is the author of 'Theatre Arts Audition Book for Men', published 2003 under ISBN 9780878301720 and ISBN 0878301720.