The Methuen Drama Audition Book for Women [Paperback]

Annika Bluhm has compiled pieces from mainstream contemporary classics as well as cutting-edge plays from the last ten years. They cover a wide range of mood and character, from comedy to tragedy, from youth to old age. Each piece is accompanied by a synopsis setting the extract firmly in context
Contains an introduction from the editor with a note of advice for those preparing audition pieces.

Annika Bluhm is herself an actress and worked for one year at French's Bookshop, prior to training at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. In the course of compiling this collection of fifty audition speeches from some of our finest contemporary playwrights, she interviewed a number of directors from small companies to major institutions. She has also compiled The Methuen Drama Audition Book for Women.

Introduction

After Miss Julie by Patrick Marber

Donkey's Years by Michael Frayn

Treehouses by Elizabeth Kuti

Joyriders by Christina Reid

Cooking with Elvis by Lee Hall

Fear and Misery of the Third Reich by Bertolt Brecht

Two by Ron Elisha

Educating Rita by Willy Russell

Junk by John Retallack, adapted from the novel by Melvin Burgess

Bazaar & Rummage by Sue Townsend

Why is John Lennon Wearing a Skirt? by Claire Dowie

Teendreams by David Edgar and Susan Todd

Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle and Dick by Terry Johnson

My Mother Said I Never Should by Charlotte Keatley

A State Affair by Robin Soans

Summer by Edward Bond

Truly, Madly, Deeply by Anthony Minghella

The Art of Success by Nick Dear

Oleanna by David Mamet

Up to You, Porky by Victoria Wood

Beached by Kevin Hood

Our Country's Good by Timberlake Wertenbaker

The Pitchfork Disney by Philip Ridley

The Great Celestial Cow by Sue Townsend

Silly Cow by Ben Elton

Adult Child/Dead Child by Claire Dowie

Down the Line by Paul Mercier

Bazaar & Rummage by Sló9