Award Monologues for Menis 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 Standardand 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.
Introduction. How to Use this Book. Quick Advice on Auditioning. Notes on Speeches. The Award Monologues for Men, 20s. The Award Monologues for Men, 30s. The Award Monologues for Men, 40s. The Award Monologues for Men, Over 50s. Index of Playwrights. Index of Plays. The Award List from 1980 to 2006
'Patrick and Christine have researched, in depth, the latest modern plays of high calibre writing, many of which are extraordinary and, indeed, unfamiliar ... I highly recommend this book to anyone studying or auditioning, as the individual information and notes given for each speech are immensely helpful.'
David SuchetPatrick Tucker
He trained as a physicist in the UK (B.Sc. London University) and as a theatre director in America (M.F.A. Boston University). Since his first professional production in 1968 he has directed more than 200 stage plays in all forms of theatre, from weekly repertory to the Royal Shakespeare Company, from the National Theatre in Seoul to the Bob Hope Memorial Theatre, S.M.U. Dallas. He started directing for the screen in 1978, and has directed more than 150 drama productions, from television soap opera to medical dramas to a feature film.
He has directed radio dramas for the BBC, and has taught the Kenyans and the Danes how to dlsH