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The Actor's Book of Classical Monologues More Than 150 Selections from the Golden Age of Greek Drama, the Age of Shakespeare, the Restoration and the Eighteenth Century

by: Rudnicki, Stefan; Rudnicki, Stefan

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The Actor's Book of Classical Monologues More Than 150 Selections from the Golden Age of Greek Drama, the Age of Shakespeare, the Restoration and the Eighteenth Century

by: Rudnicki, Stefan; Rudnicki, Stefan

ISBN 13: 9780140106763
ISBN 10: 0140106766
Edition: Reprint
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 10/06/1988
Publisher: Penguin Books

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Summary

Over 150 challenging solo pieces for actors and actresses of all ages have been culled from both well-known and lesser-known works. The monologues range from Greek drama to Restoration comedy and feature a generous supply of Shakespeare.

General Introduction

(6)

THE GOLDEN AGE Monologues from Greek Drama Introduction

(4)

The Trojan War Introduction

(30)

MONOLOGUES FOR MEN

Agamemnon, Aeschylus (Watchman)

(2)

Ajax, Sophocles (Ajax)

(1)

Philoctetes, Sophocles (Philoctetes)

(2)

Orestes, Euripides (Orestes)

(3)

MONOLOGUES FOR WOMEN

Iphigenia in Aulis, Euripides (Clytemnestra)

(2)

Iphigenia in Aulis, Euripides (Iphigenia)

(2)

Agamemnon, Aeschylus (Clytemnestra)

(3)

Electra, Sophocles (Clytemnestra)

(2)

Orestes, Euripides (Electra)

(2)

Hecuba, Euripides (Polyxena)

(1)

Hecuba, Euripides (Hecuba)

(3)

Hecuba, Euripides (Cassandra)

(1)

Agamemnon, Aeschylus (Cassandra)

(3)

The Thebans Introduction

(12)

MONOLOGUES FOR MEN

The Bacchae, Euripides (Dionysos)

(3)

King Oedipus, Sophocles (Creon)

(1)

Antigone, Sophocles (Haemon)

(2)

Antigone, Sophocles (Tiresias)

(2)

MONOLOGUES FOR WOMEN

The Phoenician Women, Euripides (Antigone)

(2)

Other Tragedies Introduction

(21)

MONOLOGUES FOR MEN

Prometheus Bound, Robert Lowell (Prometheus) Derived from Aeschylus

(2)

Hippolytus, Euripides (Theseus)

(2)

Hippolytus, Euripides (Hippolytus)

(2)

Alcestis, Euripides (Admetus)

(2)

MONOLOGUES FOR WOMEN

Prometheus Bound, Robert Lowell (IO) Derived from Aeschylus

(4)

Hippolytus, Euripides (Phaedra)

(2)

Medea, Euripides (Medea)

(3)

The Women of Trachis, Sophocles (Deianira)

(2)

Choruses, Comics, and Messengers Introduction

(21)

The Trojan Women, Euripides (Chorus)

(2)

Thesmophoriazusae, Aristophanes (Chorus)

(3)

Thesmophoriazusae, Aristophanes (Agathon)

(2)

The Cyclops, Euripides (Polyphemus)

(2)

The Persians, Aeschylus (Messenger)

(3)

The Bacchae, Euripides (Herdsman)

(8)

THE AGE OF SHAKESPEARE Sixteenth-and Seventeenth-Century English Monologues Introduction

(2)

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Heroic Introduction

(31)

MONOLOGUES FOR MEN

King John (The Bastard)

101

(1)

Henry VI, Part 2 (Jack Cade)

102

(1)

Henry VI, Part 3 (Richard, Earl of Gloucester)

103

(3)

Richard III (Tyrrell)

106

(1)

The Merchant of Venice (Shylock)

107

(2)

Timon of Athens (Timon)

109

(1)

Titus Andronicus (Aaron)

110

(2)

Othello (Othello)

112

(2)

MONOLOGUES FOR WOMEN

Henry VI, Part I (Joan La Pucelle)

114

(1)

Henry VI, Part 3 (Queen Margaret)

115

(1)

King Lear (Goneril)

116

(2)

The Winter's Tale (Hermione)

118

(2)

Henry VIII (Queen Katharine)

120

(2)

King John (Constance)

122

(2)

Henry VI, Part 2 (Eleanor, Duchess of Gloucester)

124

(1)

Henry IV, Part 2 (Lady Percy)

125

(3)

Romance and Comedy Introduction

128

(38)

MONOLOGUES FOR MEN

Romeo and Juliet (Romeo)

132

(1)

Love's Labour's Lost (Berowne)

133

(2)

Twelfth Night (Sebastian)

135

(1)

Richard III (Richard, Duke of Gloucester)

136

(2)

All's Well That Ends Well (Parolles)

138

(1)

As You Like It (Jaques)

139

(1)

As You Like It (Duke Senior)

140

(1)

A Midsummer Night's Dream (Bottom)

141

(1)

The Tempest (Trinculo)

142

(2)

The Tempest (Caliban)

144

(1)

Love's Labour's Lost (Don Adriano De Armado)

145

(1)

The Merry Wives of Windsor (Ford)

146

(1)

Two Gentlemen of Verona (Launce)

147

(2)

MONOLOGUES FOR WOMEN

Romeo and Juliet (Juliet)

149

(1)

The Merchant of Venice (Portia)

150

(1)

Twelfth Night (Viola)

151

(1)

Twelfth Night (Viola)

152

(1)

Twelfth Night (Olivia)

153

(1)

Titus Andronicus (Tamora)

154

(1)

Troilus and Cressida (Cressida)

155

(1)

All's Well That Ends Well (Helena)

156

(2)

Cymbeline (Imogen)

158

(2)

As You Like It (Rosalind)

160

(2)

As You Like It (Phebe)

162

(1)

Two Gentlemen of Verona (Julia)

163

(1)

Henry VI, Part 1 (Joan La Pucelle)

164

(2)

King Lear Introduction

166

(7)

Lear

168

(1)

Edmund

169

(1)

Edgar

170

(1)

Fool

171

(2)

SHAKESPEARE'S FRIENDS Sermons, Prayers, Tales, and Dreams Introduction

173

(33)

MONOLOGUES FOR MEN

The Revenger's Tragedy, Tourneur (Vendice)

177

(2)

The Spanish Tragedy, Kyd (Hieronimo)

179

(1)

'Tis Pity She's a Whore, Ford (Friar)

180

(2)

The Devil's Law-Case, Webster (Romelio)

182

(2)

Lusty Juventus, Wever (Juventus)

184

(2)

The Jew of Malta, Marlowe (Barabas)

186

(1)

Doctor Faustus, Marlowe (Faustus)

187

(3)

The Honest Whore, Part 1, Dekker (First Madman)

190

(2)

Cupid and Death, Shirley (Chamberlain)

192

(2)

MONOLOGUES FOR WOMEN

Sir Thomas More, Shakespeare and others unknown (Lady More)

194

(1)

The Two Noble Kinsmen, Shakespeare and Fletcher (Emilia)

195

(1)

The Changeling, Middleton (Beatrice)

196

(3)

The Maid's Tragedy, Beaumont and Fletcher (Evadne)

199

(1)

The Spanish Tragedy, Kyd (Isabella)

200

(2)

The Two Noble Kinsmen, Shakespeare and Fletcher (Jailor's Daughter)

202

(2)

The Duchess of Malfi, Webster (The Duchess)

204

(2)

Arguments and Entertainments Introduction

206

(27)

MONOLOGUES FOR MEN

The Roman Actor, Massinger (Paris)

208

(2)

Misogonus, Author unknown (Cacurgus)

210

(1)

The Alchemist, Jonson (Sir Epicure Mammon)

211

(2)

The Lady of Pleasure, Shirley (Lord-----)

213

(1)

The Revenger's Tragedy, Tourneur (Vendice)

214

(2)

The Honest Whore, Part 1, Dekker (Hippolito)

216

(1)

The Devil Is an Ass, Jonson (PUG)

217

(3)

MONOLOGUES FOR WOMEN

Gallathea, Lyly (Diana)

220

(2)

The Lady of Pleasure, Shirley (Celestina)

222

(2)

The Dutch Courtesan, Marston (Crispinella)

224

(1)

A Mad World, My Masters, Middleton (Mother)

225

(1)

The Roman Actor, Massinger (Domitia)

226

(2)

Edward III, Disputed authorship (Countess of Salisbury)

228

(5)

THE AGE OF STYLE Restoration and Eighteenth-Century English Monologues Introduction

233

(2)

Comedy of Wit Introduction

235

(17)

MONOLOGUES FOR MEN

The Rehearsal, Villiers (Prologue---John Lacy)

238

(1)

The Plain Dealer, Wycherley (Manly)

239

(1)

The Relapse, Vanbrugh (Lord Foppington)

240

(2)

The Way of the World, Congreve (Mirabell)

242

(3)

MONOLOGUES FOR WOMEN

The Relapse, Vanbrugh (Berinthia)

245

(1)

The Beaux' Stratagem, Farquhar (Mrs. Sullen)

246

(2)

The Way of the World, Congreve (Millamant)

248

(2)

The Author's Farce, Fielding (Epilogue---Cat)

250

(2)

Comedy of Character and Situation Introduction

252

(24)

MONOLOGUES FOR MEN

The Relapse, Vanbrugh (Loveless)

256

(2)

The Beggar's Opera, Gay (Macheath)

258

(1)

The Beggar's Opera, Gay (Peachum)

259

(1)

Venice Preserved, Otway (Antonio)

260

(2)

The Rivals, Sheridan (Sir Anthony Absolute)

262

(1)

The School for Scandal, Sheridan (Sir Peter Teazle)

263

(1)

The Careless Husband, Cibber (Sir Charles Easy)

264

(2)

MONOLOGUES FOR WOMEN

The Country Wife, Wycherley (Mrs. Pinchwife)

266

(1)

The Gentleman Dancing Master, Wycherley (Prue)

267

(2)

The Way of the World, Congreve (Lady Wishfort)

269

(1)

Marriage a la Mode, Dryden (Melantha)

270

(1)

The Beggar's Opera, Gay (Polly)

271

(1)

Sauny the Scot, Lacy (Margaret)

272

(1)

The School for Scandal, Sheridan (Mrs. Candour)

273

(2)

The Rivals, Sheridan (Mrs. Malaprop)

275

(1)

Tragedy Introduction

276

(15)

MONOLOGUES FOR MEN

All for Love, Dryden (Serapion)

278

(1)

All for Love, Dryden (Antony)

279

(2)

Venice Preserved, Otway (Pierre)

281

(4)

MONOLOGUES FOR WOMEN

All for Love, Dryden (Cleopatra)

285

(2)

Venice Preserved, Otway (Belvidera)

287

(1)

Venice Preserved, Otway (Belvidera)

288

(3)

Romance Introduction

291

(14)

A Masque, Cokain (Satyr)

294

(1)

The Obstinate Lady, Cokain (Antiphila)

295

(1)

The Obstinate Lady, Cokain (Carionil)

296

(3)

The Obstinate Lady, Cokain (Cleanthe)

299

(2)

Trappolin Supposed a Prince, Cokain (Horatio)

301

(1)

The Tragedy of Ovid, Cokain (Paris)

302

(1)

The Tragedy of Ovid, Cokain (Clorina)

303

(2)

Parodies Introduction

305

(8)

The Rehearsal, Villiers (Volscius)

306

(1)

The Tragedy of Tragedies, Fielding (Grizzle)

307

(2)

The Tragedy of Tragedies, Fielding (Grizzle)

309

(1)

The Tragedy of Tragedies, Fielding (Ghost)

310

(1)

The Tragedy of Tragedies, Fielding (Noodle)

311

(2)

The Historical Register for the Year 1736, Fielding (HEN)

313

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The Actor's Book of Classical Monologues More Than 150 Selections from the Golden Age of Greek Drama, the Age of Shakespeare, the Restoration and the Eighteenth Century

The Actor's Book of Classical Monologues More Than 150 Selections from the Golden Age of Greek Drama, the Age of Shakespeare, the Restoration and the Eighteenth Century

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