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Auditioners often complain of seeing the same speeches over and over again. This book brings together 50 speeches for men from Shakespeare plays frequently ignored such as Titus Andronicus", "Pericles" and "Love's Labours Lost". It also includes good, but over-looked speeches from the more popular plays such as Octavius Caesar from "Antony and Cleopatra", Leontes from "The Winter's Tale" and Buckingham from "Richard III". Each speech is accompanied by a character description, brief explanation of the context, and notes on obscure words, phrases and references - all written from the viewpoint of the auditioning actor."
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This review is from: Alternative Shakespeare Auditions for Men (Audition Speeches) (Paperback)
In the interval of a recent epic production at the National Theatre I felt inspired by the acting world in general. It had been an ambition of mine a few years ago to try to go to drama school when I finished my A levels. For one reason or another, I decided against that, but in my moment of inspiration, I picked this book up, skipped through, and then bought it.It does exactly what it says on the front (and back). It gives a selection of slightly more unusual Shakespeare monologues which have the depth and interest to be good audition pieces. It provides character descriptions, advice and notes to help with each speech. There is also a section at the front which gives more in depth and general audition advice from one who knows the process well. I honestly think this would be a useful book to purchase if you need to perform a Shakespeare monologue for one reason or another. I don't know whether I'll ever use it for it's purpose, but it did inspire me to get Love's Labour's Lost out of the library, so it has at least contributed to my cultural-education!
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5.0 out of 5 stars (1 customer review) 9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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A great resource for any aspiring classical actor,
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This review is from: Alternative Shakespeare Auditions for Men (Theatre Arts (Routledge Paperback)) (Paperback)
I thought that this book was excellent resource for a number of different reasons. First, Mr. Dunmore, a director himself, provides a list of monologues which are far too frequently used (I found this list invaluable). It not only has some of the monologues you would expect to see on a list of this type (Hamlet, Hal/Henry V, Iago etc.), but also some other characters you wouldn't think would be used that frequently: Clarence, Aaron, Launcelot Gobbo and others. Also, I think that Dunmore provides a nice introduction for actors who are new to Shakespeare with a resource guide in the beginning of the book discussing some of the inricacies of speaking Shakespeare. Lastly, I thought all of the monologues (which I thought might have been edited a little more precisely; I didn't like some of the punctuation) were well laid out and gave a nice (but brief) insight into the characters and some of them give suggested age ranges (though I would have loved to have seen this throughout the book). A terrific resource, nonetheless, for any aspiring classical actor who doesn't want to be the hundredth actor to do Puck at an audition.
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