Great Scenes and Monologues for Actors

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Macmillan, Sep 15, 1998 - Drama - 330 pages
Great Scenes and Monologues for Actors, spanning nearly 500 years of drama, from Shakespearean England to Contemporary Broadway, is a useful tool for every student or actor wanting to improve their acting skills. Included are 80 scenes and monologues from playwrights ranging from William Shakespeare to Anton Chekhov to Wendy Wasserstein. This small and affordable book by Michael Schulman and Eva Mekler can help improve memory, concentration, and confidence.

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Contents

THE DINING ROOM by A R Gurney
3
THE FOURPOSTER by Jan de Hartog
13
3
20
THE DEATH OF A MINER
26
MONDAY AFTER THE MIRACLE
34
MEASURE FOR MEASURE by William
86
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING by William
90
KING RICHARD III by William Shakespeare
93
SIGHT UNSEEN by Donald Margulies
188
ANTON CHEKHOVS THE DUEL adapted
198
BREAKING THE CODE by Hugh Whitemore
206
BLOBOS BOY by Albert J Zuckerman
218
A COUPLA WHITE CHICKS SITTING AROUND
229
AN IDEAL HUSBAND by Oscar Wilde
235
SAY GOODNIGHT GRACIE by Ralph Pape
241
UNCLE VANYA by Anton Chekhov translation
247

MACBETH by William Shakespeare
100
A TASTE OF HONEY by Shelagh Delaney
111
THE MISS FIRECRACKER CONTEST by Beth
117
ISNT IT ROMANTIC by Wendy Wasserstein
125
ANTON CHEKHOVS THE DUEL adapted
133
ABSENT FRIENDS by Alan Ayckbourn
140
STEEL MAGNOLIAS by Robert Harling
148
TWELFTH NIGHT OR WHAT YOU WILL
154
SPEEDTHEPLOW by David Mamet
161
OTHER PEOPLES MONEY by Jerry Sterner
169
COVER by Jeffrey Sweet with Stephen Johnson
182
SEXUAL PERVERSITY IN CHICAGO by David
253
THE FACULTY LOUNGE by Michael Schulman
261
TWELFTH NIGHT OR WHAT YOU WILL
269
A MIDSUMMERNIGHTS DREAM by William
275
UNCLE VANYA by Anton Chekhov translation
283
THE THREE SISTERS by Anton Chekhov
285
translation by Ann Dunnigan
309
DEATH OF A SALESMAN by Arthur Miller
311
HURLYBURLY
325
translation by Ann Dunnigan
327
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Michael Schulman, editor of Play the Scene and Great Scenes and Monologues for Actors, is an acting teacher who has taught at the prestigious Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute and the Actors Studio. He founded the British-American Acting Academy and has written and directed a number of plays for Off-Broadway theatre. He is also a psychologist and an author of books on child development. Eva Mekler is a former actress who has performed both on and off Broadway. She is also a novelist and author of books on American and British acting training.

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