Audition Speeches for Women

by Jean Marlow (editor)

This revised edition contains several new speeches, many of which are taken from plays written and produced during the last five years. There are speeches for a variety of accents and ages to suit all audition requirements. An introductory section contains invaluable comments from directors, casting directors, actors and teachers. Among those contributing are Sir Peter Hall, National Theatre Director and founder of the Royal Shakespeare Company; Robert Palmer, voice teacher at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art; casting director Doreen Jones; Tim Reynolds, Principal of the Academy Drama School; stage and film dialect coach Penny Dyer; and Barry Grantham, director and exponent of Commedia dell'Arte.

Genres: Plays

130 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2001

Reviews

[The Book Slayer · Rating 1 out of 5]

I'm actually mad about how BAD the speeches were. Seriously, did the author go out of her way to round up the worst audition speeches ever or something!? If she had any knowledge whatsoever, she'd know that good monologues are supposed to GO somewhere and not just rant on about random things (seriously, there were so many speeches where the character would talk about a fucking ham throughout the entire thing, or a dinner party they needed to shop for, etc, etc) because that's really just "all sound and fury, signifying nothing" and not what, say, drama schools want to see.

Ugh. So miffed I spent money on this. There was ONE monologue that was decent, the rest was crap. What a waste of cash.