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A collection of fifty audition speeches for men selected from the finest plays of the last thirty years 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 Audition Book for Women.
Contents
Introduction Road by Jim Cartwright Our Country's Good by Timberlake Wertenbaker Treehouses by Elizabeth Kuti Massage by Michael Wilcox Victoria by David Greig Maydays by David Edgar Junk by John Retallack, adpated from the novel by Melvin Burgess The Genius by Howard Brenton Sweet Panic by Stephen Poliakoff The Sea by Edward Bond Imagine Drowning by Terry Johnson Gosforth's Fete (from Confusions) by Alan Ayckbourn Strugglers by Richard Cameron Rents by Michael Wilcox A State Affair by Robin Soans The Conquest of the South Pole by Manfred Karge The Children by Edward Bond Barbarians by Barrie Keeffe Have I None by Edward Bond Rat in the Skull by Ron Hutchinson Beached by Kevin Hood The Fire Raisers by Max Frisch The Pitchfork Disney by Philip Ridley One for the Road by Willy Russell The Hunt for Red Willie by Ken Bourke Spell # 7 by Ntozake Shange An Experienced Woman Gives Advice by Iain Heggie The Accrington Pals by Peter Whelan Foley by Michael West Serious Money by Caryl Churchill The Age of Consent by Peter Morris In High Germany by Dermot Bolger Teendreams by David Edgar and Susan Todd Pond Life by Richard Cameron Woza Albert by Mtwa/Ngema/Simon The Beauty Queen of Leenane by Martin McDonagh Bloody Poetry by Howard Brenton Ten Tiny Fingers, Nine Tiny Toes by Sue Townsend After Haggerty by David Mercer Crazy Gary's Mobile Disco by Gary Owen Insignificance by Terry Johnson The Memory of Water by Shelagh Stephenson Cries from the Mammal House by Terry Johnson Boys' Life by Howard Korder The Art of Success by Nick Dear Five Kinds of Silcen by Shelagh Stephenson Ghostdancing by Deepak Verma Dog by John Hegley Herons by Simon Stephens Star Quality by Christopher Luscombe, adapted from Noel Coward
