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The Classical Monologue: Men
Fifty essential classical monologues by the great world dramatists
These great dramatic monologues - from all periods and styles, all varied in tone and genre - make an indispensable actor's companion for auditioning, rehearsing and performing. Contains extracts from Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Kyd, Marlowe, Shakespeare, Jonson, Middleton, Webster, Ford, Behn, Congreve, Wycherley, Sheridan, Vanburgh, Racine, Molière, Calderón, Buchner, Ibsen, Strindberg, Checkhov, Synge, Wilde and Shaw plus many more.
Each monologue is accompanied by editors' commentaries and textual notes that point the beginner and the experienced actor towards the riches and challenges that lie waiting to be released on stage.
These great dramatic monologues - from all periods and styles, all varied in tone and genre - make an indispensable actor's companion for auditioning, rehearsing and performing. Contains extracts from Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Kyd, Marlowe, Shakespeare, Jonson, Middleton, Webster, Ford, Behn, Congreve, Wycherley, Sheridan, Vanburgh, Racine, Molière, Calderón, Buchner, Ibsen, Strindberg, Checkhov, Synge, Wilde and Shaw plus many more.
Each monologue is accompanied by editors' commentaries and textual notes that point the beginner and the experienced actor towards the riches and challenges that lie waiting to be released on stage.
146 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1992
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