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Peter Barkworth has compiled this volume of his favourite literary selections to be read and adapted for use in front of an audience at Christmas, and any other occasion.

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A new collection of original monologues, duologues and scenes for young actors aged 7 to 16, written specifically for study, auditions, exams, and performance .

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This work provides the actor with unusual Shakespearean audition material. There are 50 speeches in total. Alongside each speech is a helpful character description, brief explanation of the text, and notes on obscure words, phrases and references.

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Written to provide the actor with fresh and unusual Shakespearean audition material, this book provides fifty speeches with a guide to selecting, preparing and performing their selection.

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Duologues - short scenes for two players - provide a concentrated way of practising and encourage actors to listen and respond. This collection features duologues from a range of plays, from Elizabethan to contemporary times, offering a range of styles.

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Presents over thirty extracts from the plays for radio and stage. Designed as a resource for actors working in radio, theatre or television, this collection of extracts is helpful for audition and performance work. Each extract is accompanied by a brief introduction and features an essay on the challenges, skills and rewards of radio acting.

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Over thirty monologues for women drawn from contemporary radio and stage plays. Draws together over thirty extracts from the best contemporary plays for radio and stage.

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Presents over thirty extracts from the plays for radio and stage. Designed as a resource for actors working in radio, theatre or television, this collection of extracts is helpful for audition and performance work. It is divided into three sections of duologues: male/female; male/male, and female/female, and features introductions to each piece.

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This volume aimed at men provides a collection of monologues that can be used by actors in auditions and contests. There are over 50 pieces from the drama of the Greeks and Romans, Elizabethans and Jacobeans, the Restoration and playwrights of the 19th and 20th centuries.

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This text presents a collection of 50 audition speeches for men selected from the finest plays from the 1970s to today. They cover a wide range of mood and character, from comedy to tragedy, from youth to old age. Each piece is accompanied by a synopsis setting the extract firmly in context.

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This text presents a collection of 50 audition speeches for women selected from the finest plays from the 1970s to today. They cover a wide range of mood and character, from comedy to tragedy, from youth to old age. Each piece is accompanied by a synopsis setting the extract firmly in context.

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This collection of stage monologues brings together a selection from plays by major playwrights produced by British and American theatre Including monologues of all types, it aims to provide a varied, dramatic challenge for any actor: professional, student or amateur.

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A collection of both serious and comic monologues from the last three decades of contemporary playwriting, this title features pieces from Caryl Churchill, Michael Frayn, Martin McDonagh and Sarah Kane. It should be a useful resource for auditions, acting class and rehearsal

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This is a selection of speeches for men drawn from the great landmark plays of the 20th century. An appreciation of each speech is enhanced by the editor's introductions and commentaries, which set the plays and individual speeches in their dramatic and performance context

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This is a selection of speeches for women drawn from the great landmark plays of the 20th century. An appreciation of each speech is enhanced by the editor's introductions and commentaries, which set the plays and individual speeches in their dramatic and performance context

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Offers over 50 audition speeches celebrating the outstanding English, American and Continental dramatists of this century. The work of Amouilh, Arden, Baldwin, Barnes, Beckett, Behan, De Filippo, Gorky, Lorca, Mamet, Miller, Pirandello, Sartre and Wedekind is represented in monologues for women.

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A new collection of original monologues, duologues and scenes for young actors aged 7 to 16, written specifically for study, auditions, exams, and performance .

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