Contemporary Monologues for Women

A diverse collection of compelling monologues for women actors showcasing varied characters, ages, and emotional depths.

Essential for female actors seeking versatile audition and scene study material.

About the Ebook

THE GOOD AUDITION GUIDES:
Helping you select and perform the audition piece that is best suited to your performing skills

In this volume of the Good Audition Guides, you'll find fifty fantastic speeches for women, all written since the year 2000, by some of our most exciting dramatic voices.

Playwrights featured in Contemporary Monologues for Women include Mike Bartlett, Alexi Kaye Campbell, Caryl Churchill, Helen Edmundson, debbie tucker green, Ella Hickson, Lucy Kirkwood, Rona Munro, Joanna Murray-Smith and Enda Walsh, and the plays themselves were premiered at the very best theatres across the UK including the National Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Bush, Soho and Hampstead Theatres, Manchester Royal Exchange, the Traverse in Edinburgh, the Abbey in Dublin, and many on the stages of the Royal Court.

Drawing on her experience as an actor, director and teacher at several leading drama schools, Trilby James prefaces each speech with a thorough introduction including the vital information you need to place the piece in context (the who, what, when, where and why) and suggestions about how to perform the scene to its maximum effect (including the character's objectives and keywords).

Contemporary Monologues for Women also features an introduction on the whole process of selecting and preparing your speech, and approaching the audition itself. The result is the most comprehensive and useful contemporary monologue book now available.

'Sound practical advice for anyone attending an audition… a source of inspiration for teachers and students alike'Teaching Drama Magazine on The Good Audition Guides

Why You'll Love This Ebook

• Wide range of female characters and perspectives.
• Perfect for auditions and acting classes.
• Published by Nick Hern Books, leading contemporary theatre publisher.
• Discover your signature monologue.

Reviews

Thorough and easy-to-use... The guidance is perhaps the most thorough I have seen in a monologue book' Teaching Drama magazine

'A good addition to any student's/teacher's bookshelf' Drama Magazine (published by National Drama)

'Trilby James rides to the rescue... a very useful something for everyone' ReviewsGate.com

About the Author

Trilby James trained as an actress at RADA and has worked extensively as an actor in theatre, film and television. She has also worked as a freelance director and teacher at several leading drama schools, including ALRA, Arts Educational Schools, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, East 15, Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, Manchester Metropolitan University and RADA, where she is now an Associate Teacher. She is a script reader and dramaturg for Kali Theatre Company, and has directed several play-readings for their 'Talkback' seasons. She edited the Contemporary Monologues and Contemporary Duologues books in the Good Auditions Guides series from Nick Hern Books.

Publication Details

Publisher: Nick Hern Books

Publication Date: 06 March 2014

Print Length: 176 pages (Ebook edition)

ISBN (Ebook): 9781780013794

Format: Ebook

Language: English

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