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102 Scenes for 2 Actors
The Ultimate Scene Study Series is a colossal new resource for actors, directors, and acting teachers. The scenes for 2 actors in the volume include selections The Persians by Aeschylus, The Clouds by Aristophanes, Medea by Seneca, The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster, The Virtuoso by Thomas Shadwell, and Tartuffe by Moliere.
352 pages, Paperback
First published June 3, 2000
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January 24, 2019
Basic Premise: The title says it all.
This volume is definitely comprehensive in its scope. There are scenes from plays all through history. As a theatre teacher, it's obviously an extremely useful tool for finding scenes for my students to perform. The scenes are largely school-appropriate, with very little obscenity to complain about. Some of them are quite a lot of fun. The problem is, some of them are a LOT better than others for high school students to perform. Some of the scenes don't have a lot of context, thus don't make a lot of sense. Some of the scenes from ancient Greece, etc have language that is so archaic that giving them to a beginning actor would be akin to committing thespianic murder. I give it four stars for being extremely useful and having mostly good scenes. It can't get 5, though, because some of them i simply would never use in my classes.
This volume is definitely comprehensive in its scope. There are scenes from plays all through history. As a theatre teacher, it's obviously an extremely useful tool for finding scenes for my students to perform. The scenes are largely school-appropriate, with very little obscenity to complain about. Some of them are quite a lot of fun. The problem is, some of them are a LOT better than others for high school students to perform. Some of the scenes don't have a lot of context, thus don't make a lot of sense. Some of the scenes from ancient Greece, etc have language that is so archaic that giving them to a beginning actor would be akin to committing thespianic murder. I give it four stars for being extremely useful and having mostly good scenes. It can't get 5, though, because some of them i simply would never use in my classes.
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