Audition Speeches for Men: (Audition Speeches)

A follow-on from Actors' Audition Speeches" this title includes speeches from plays written and produced in the 1990s, with extracts from West End productions ("Art" and "Cressida"), and films ("Pulp Fiction"). Comments from directors, casting directors, actors and teachers are included."

Table of Contents:
Preface MORE ABOUT AUDITIONING The Drama School Audition (Tim Reynolds, Principal of the Academy Drama School; Robert Palmer, Senior Voice Tutor, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art) Working Today in Professional Theatre (Sir Peter Hall) Developing Extra Skills (Jacqueline Leggo, Agent & Personal Manager; Jean Hornbuckle, Opera and Recital Singer; Barry Grantham, Specialising in Commedia dell'Arte and physical theatre; Penny Dyer, Dialect Coach) Advice from the Actors (Samantha Power, Matt Plant) Auditioning for Films and Television (Doreen Jones, Casting Director) Auditioning for Voiceovers and Radio Drama (Patricia Leventon, RSC actress and former member of the BBC Radio Drama Company; Carol Schroder, Examiner for LAMDA) A Word About the Speeches AUDITION SPEECHES FOR MEN * Andrew, The Absence of War, David Hare * Casalis, Albert Speer, David Edgar * Yvan, Art, Yasmina Reza; Christopher Hampton * George IV, Battle Royal, Nick Stafford * Eric, Bouncers, John Godber * Hieronymous/Bodkin, The Clink, Stephen Jeffreys * Lucius Bodkin, The Clink, Stephen Jeffreys * The Captain, The Clink, Stephen Jeffreys * Amos Starkadder, Cold Comfort Farm, Stella Gibbons; Paul Doust * Martin Soorjoo/Neville Lawrence, The Colour of Justice, Richard Norton-Taylor * Rajiv Menon/Duwayne Brooks, The Colour of Justice, Richard Norton-Taylor * Adam, Comic Potential, Alan Ayckbourn * Honey, Cressida, Nicholas Wright * Shank, Cressida, Nicholas Wright * Henry, Disposing of the Body, Hugh Whitemore * Elis, Easter, August Strindberg; Peter Watts * Abdul Khan, East is East, Ayub Khan-Din * Ted, The Editing Process, Meredith Oakes * John, Happy Families, John Godber * John Hall, The Herbal Bed, Peter Whelan * Anish, Indian Ink, Tom Stoppard * Housman, The Invention of Love, Tom Stoppard * Randall, A Jovial Crew, Richard Brome; Stephen Jeffreys * Tallboy, A Jovial Crew, Richard Brome; Stephen Jeffreys * Alan Bennett 2, The Lady in the Van, Alan Bennett * Carl, Madame Melville, Richard Nelson * Barry, Murmuring Judges, David Hare * Jimmy, Murmuring Judges, David Hare * Tony, Not a Game For Boys, Simon Block * Akogun, Oroonoko, Aphra Behn, 'Biyi Bandele * Orombo, Oroonoko, Aphra Behn, 'Biyi Bandele * Leo Katz, Pentecost, David Edgar * Brendan, Perfect Days, Liz Lochhart * Grant, Perfect Days, Liz Lochhart * Samy, A Place at the Table, Simon Block * Richard, The Power of the Dog, Ellen Dryden * Jimmie, Pulp Fiction, Quentin Tarantino * The Wolf, Pulp Fiction, Quentin Tarantino * Starbuck, The Rainmaker, N. Richard Nash * John Doe, Seven, Andrew Kevin Qalker * Melchior, Spring Awakening, Frank Wedekind; Ted Hughes * Suslov, Summerfolk, Maxim Gorky; Nick Dear * Vlass, Summerfolk, Maxim Gorky; Nick Dear * Odysseus, Tantalus, John Barton * Ernest Jobelin, The Threesome, Eugene Labiche; Neil Bartlett * Old Jobelin, The Threesome, Eugene Labiche; Neil Bartlett * Lance, Toast, Richard Bean * Buks, Valley Song, Athol Fugard * Diggie Wheeler, A Warwickshire Testimony, April De Angelis * Finbar, The Weir, Conor McPherson Useful Addresses Copyright holders

About the Author :
Jean Marlow has run The Actors' Theatre School in London for a number of years and is an experienced actress and teacher. She has edited several audition speeches books for A&C Black.