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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.
Contents
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 Sue Townsend An Experienced Woman Gives Advice by Iain Heggie Waking Up by Dario Fo and Franca Rame The Age of Consent by Peter Morris Joyriders by Christina Reid Spoonface Steinberg by Lee Hall Made in Bangkok by Anthony Minghella The Lament for Arthur Cleary by Dermot Bolger City Sugar by Stephen Poliakoff Can't Stand Up for Falling Down by Richard Cameron Serious Money by Caryl Churchill Pond Life by Richard Cameron Confusions by Alan Ayckbourn The Gift by Roy Williams Find Me by Olwen Wymark Shoping and F***ing by Mark Ravenhill Road by Jim Cartwright Ten Tiny Fnigers, Nine Tiny Toes by Sue Townsend Whale Music by Anthony Minghella Five Kinds of Silence by Shelagh Stephenson Touched by Stephen Lowe The Wild at Heart Club by Jenny McLeod Fen by Caryl Churchill
