Performing and Creative Arts

A challenging, wide-ranging collection of monologues from history's greatest dramatic works.

This unique anthology provides a wealth of material for actors and acting students, and a wonderful overview of the best recent plays for anyone interested in theatre.

For actors, acting students, and film buffs, this book of more than 100 movie monologues has the juiciest roles that will help you create the perfect audition.

The most comprehensive sourcebook of Shakespeare's monologues ever available in one volume. A detailed guide to approaching Shakespearean text.

Award Monologues for Men is a collection of fifty monologues taken from plays written since 1980 that have been nominated for the Pullitzer Prize, the Tony and the Drama Desk Awards in New York, and The Evening Standard and Laurence Olivier Awards in London. The book provides an excellent range of up-to-date audition pieces, usefully arranged in age groups, and is supplemented with audition tips to improve your acting, and to ensure you give your best possible performance.

An index of over 800 male character monologues from classical and modern plays.

A collection featuring a set of 45 monologues each for men and women, excerpted from contemporary plays and specially geared for actors of colour. Roberta Uno has carefully selected the monologues so that there is a wide-range of ethnicities included: African American, Native American, Latino and Asian American. Each monologue comes with an introduction on the characters and stage directions to set the scene for the actor.

These collections feature speeches by Britain's most prominent black dramatists, including Kwame Kwei-Armah, Barry Reckord, Lydia Adetunji, Roy Williams, Courttia Newland, Rachel De-lahay, Nathaniel Martello-White, Errol John, Ade Solanke, Trevor Rhone, Inua Ellams, 'Biyi Bandele, and Arinze Kene. Each selection includes production information, a synopsis of the play, a biography of the playwright, and a scene summary.