Description
Whether you are a professional actor looking for fresh audition pieces, an amateur in search of competition-worthy monologues, or a student in need of the right speech for workshop, The Faber Book of Monologues for Women offers an impressive array of speeches from a diverse range of first-class playwrights.
With 25 speeches, ranging in age from 20 to 65, The Faber Book of Monologues for Women contains a rich variety of tragic, comic, realist and absurdist works by the best new playwrights, as well as brand new pieces from more established names. Each selection includes a synopsis of the play together with character commentary as well as recommendations for accents and reference to first performance.
Jane Edwardes, Theatre Editor at Time Out magazine, also provides a general introduction with helpful hints for the audition process.
The companion volume, The Faber Book of Monologues for Men, is also available.
The Faber Book of Monologues: Women by Jane Edwardes is an impressive collection of speeches, ranging from tragic to comic and realist to absurdist, written by a stunning assembly of playwrights.
About the Author
Jane Edwardes is the Theatre Editor for Time Out magazine.
Book Information
ISBN 9780571217656
Author M/s Jane Edwardes
Format Paperback
Page Count 128
Imprint Faber & Faber
Publisher Faber & Faber
Weight(grams) 107g
Dimensions(mm) 196mm * 128mm * 10mm
