[PDF] The Monologue Book eBook

Author : Gary Wheeler
Publisher :
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 14,50 MB
Release : 2013-07
Category :
ISBN : 9780615846712

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Through the deconstruction of these monologues, actors will learn to develop and maintain solo scenes that will communicate six important elements about their casting suitability. Developing the proper mindset and applying this deconstruction process will best prepare the actor for selecting an appropriate monologue from any source and delivering achievable performance goals.

Author : Jon Macks
Publisher : Blue Rider Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 47,81 MB
Release : 2016-04-19
Category : Humor
ISBN : 039918340X

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"Jon Macks is one of the greatest comedy writers of all time."—Chris Rock A hilarious, revealing look behind the history and culture of American late-night TV, by a longtime comedy writer for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Ever since Johnny Carson first popularized the late-night talk show in 1962 with The Tonight Show, the eleven p.m. to two a.m. comedy time slot on network television has remained an indelible part of our national culture. More than six popular late-night shows air every night of the week, and with recent major shake-ups in the industry, late-night television has never been more relevant to our public consciousness than it is today. Jon Macks, a veteran writer for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, takes us behind the scenes of this world for an in-depth, colorful look at what really makes these hosts the arbiters of public opinion. From the opening monologue—what’s funny, what’s dangerous, what’s untouchable—to the best vs. worst guests, Macks covers the landscape of late-night comedy and punctuates the narrative with hysterical personal anecdotes, shining the spotlight on some of the very best late night jokes, and drawing from more than half a million of his own jokes written over the span of twenty years. With an insider’s expertise and a laugh-out-loud voice, Macks explains how late-night TV redefines the news and events of any given day, reshapes public opinion, and even creates our national zeitgeist.

Author : Nina Shengold
Publisher : Penguin Books
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 25,17 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780140096491

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This unique anthology provides a wealth of material for actors and acting students, and a wonderful overview of the best recent plays for anyone interested in theatre. The more than 150 monologues cover a diverse range of subjects, and offer a variety of dramatic styles and moods. Each monologue is introduced with a short description of the plot, setting, and character type by the leading plauwrights of our time. Featured dramatists include: Christopher Durang, Wendy Wasserstein, Lanford Wilson, Wallace Shawn, Tina Howe, Caryl Churchill, Athol Fugard, Beth Henley, Sam Shepard, David Henry Hwang, Harry Kondoleon, John Patrick Shanley, Larry Shue, Michael Weller, David Rabe, Marsha Norman, August Wilson, Albert Innaurato, Jules Feiffer, Harold Pinter, David Hare, Jose Rivera, Tom Stoppard, John Guare, David Mamet, Charles Fuller, William Matrosimone, Robert Patrick, Miguel Pinero

Author : Marisa Smith
Publisher : Penguin Books
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 17,44 MB
Release : 1986-12-02
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780140094756

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For actors, acting students, and film buffs, this book of more than 100 movie monologues has the juiciest roles that will help you create the perfect audition. Whether you need a long or short part, you'll find great selections of male and female characters for all types across diverse age ranges. Use this reference for the featured scenes from screenplays of such classics as Adam’s Rib by Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin, The Goodbye Girl by Neil Simon, The French Lieutenant’s Woman by Harold Pinter, and The Conversation by Francis Ford Coppola, among others.

Author : Jason Davids Scott
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,76 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Acting
ISBN : 9781575258850

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This book is organized a little differently than most published collections of monologues. Each chapter is arranged in several sections: About the Playwright List of Plays Playwright Information Performing the Monologues The Monologues

Author : Stephanie Coen
Publisher :
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 35,83 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Drama
ISBN :

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Audition monologues selected from plays first published in American theatre magazine since 1985.

Author : Lawrence Harbison
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 17,10 MB
Release : 2014-11-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1495013588

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(Applause Acting Series). Lawrence Harbison has selected 100 terrific monologues for men from contemporary plays, all by characters between the ages of 18 and 35 perfect for auditions or class. There are comic monologues (laughs) and dramatic monologues (no laughs). Most have a compelling present-tense action for actors to perform. A few are story monologues and they're great stories. Actors will find pieces by star playwrights such as Don Nigro, Itamar Moses, Stephen Adly Guirgis, and Terence McNally; by exciting up-and-comers such as Nicole Pandolfo, Peter Sinn Nachtrieb, Crystal Skillman, Greg Kalleres, Reina Hardy, and J. Thalia Cunningham; and information on getting the complete text of each play. This is a must-have resource in the arsenal of every aspiring actor hoping to knock 'em dead with his contemporary piece after bowling over teachers and casting directors alike with a classical excerpt.

Author : Glennis Byron
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 25,51 MB
Release : 2014-05-01
Category : Drama
ISBN : 1134695101

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The dramatic monologue is traditionally associated with Victorian poets such as Robert Browning and Alfred Tennyson, and is generally considered to have disappeared with the onset of modernism in the twentieth century. Glennis Byron unravels its history and argues that, contrary to belief, the monologue remains popular to this day. This far-reaching and neatly structured volume: * explores the origins of the monologue and presents a history of definitions of the term * considers the monologue as a form of social critique * explores issues at play in our understanding of the genre, such as subjectivity, gender and politics * traces the development of the genre through to the present day. Taking as example the increasingly politicized nature of contemporary poetry, the author clearly and succinctly presents an account of the monologue's growing popularity over the past twenty years.

Author : Stephanie Coen
Publisher :
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 29,17 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Drama
ISBN :

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Audition monologues selected from plays first published in American theatre magazine since 1985.

Author : Jane Edwardes
Publisher :
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 14,33 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780571217649

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With an impressive array of speeches from a diverse range of first-class playwrights, the Faber Book of Monologues is an indispensable guide to new, untapped, and cutting-edge material. Designed for use in professional auditions as well as student workshops, each volume contains over twenty-five selections, ranging in age from twenty to sixty-five, which are culled from a rich variety of tragic, comic, realist and absurdist works by the most vibrant new playwrights, as well as critically-acclaimed pieces from established masters such as Richard Greenberg, David Hare, Neil LaBute, and Yasmina Reza. In order to foster a more nuanced association between the actor and the material, each selection includes insightful character commentary, staging and vocalization recommendations, and references to past great performances. A thoughtful introduction, written by critic Jane Edwardes, provides helpful hints for the nerve-wracking audition process.