Not in the script : performance monologues from unexpected places /

Here are thirty-two exciting monologues, drawn from the work of great storytellers, poets and novelists, from the classic to the contemporary. These pieces do not come from plays, but each has a narrative and an action that makes it ideal for theatrical performance. In each case, the speaker is a fa...

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Other Authors: McCallum, John, 1962- (Editor), Nichols, Jenny (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Strawberry Hills, New South Wales : Currency Press, 2016.
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Summary:Here are thirty-two exciting monologues, drawn from the work of great storytellers, poets and novelists, from the classic to the contemporary. These pieces do not come from plays, but each has a narrative and an action that makes it ideal for theatrical performance. In each case, the speaker is a fascinating and engaging, or challenging, character and has a reason for telling the story that is theatrically compelling. Increasingly in recent years some of the most exciting performances have drawn on non-dramatic sources
Physical Description:x, 133 pages ; 21 cm.
ISBN:1925005836
9781925005837