Shakespeare for One: Women : The Complete Monologues and Audition Pieces

by Newell, Douglas

• ISBN13: 9780325004877
• ISBN10: 0325004870
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-09-18
• Publisher: HEINEMANN (T)

Summary

This volume collects virtually all of the monologues for women from Shakespeares 37 plays. Not only actors, but directors and teachers, too, will find this book a treasure trove of the famous soliloquies plus many unfamiliar gems.

Author Biography

Among many other things, DOUGLAS NEWELL has acted professionally on stage, film, and television. While earning an M.F.A. in Acting from U.C.L.A., he couldnt help but notice the need for a more comprehensive and actor-friendly collection of classical monologues. Enter, Shakespeare for One.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction	xi
All's Well that Ends Well	1	(5)
Antony and Cleopatra	6	(4)
As You Like It	10	(7)
The Comedy of Errors	17	(5)
Coriolanus	22	(6)
Cymbeline	28	(7)
Hamlet	35	(3)
Henry IV, Part 1	38	(2)
Henry IV, Part 2	40	(3)
Henry V	43	(2)
Henry VI, Part 1	45	(6)
Henry VI, Part 2	51	(6)
Henry VI, Part 3	57	(5)
Henry VIII	62	(4)
Julius Caesar	66	(4)
King John	70	(5)
King Lear	75	(3)
Love's Labor's Lost	78	(4)
Macbeth	82	(6)
Measure for Measure	88	(5)
The Merchant of Venice	93	(6)
The Merry Wives of Windsor	99	(5)
A Midsummer Night's Dream	104	(5)
Much Ado About Nothing	109	(3)
Othello	112	(3)
Pericles	115	(3)
Richard II	118	(2)
Richard III	120	(6)
Romeo and Juliet	126	(8)
The Taming of the Shrew	134	(2)
The Tempest	136	(3)
Titus Andronicus	139	(4)
Troilus and Cressida	143	(3)
Twelfth Night	146	(3)
The Two Gentlemen of Verona	149	(4)
The Winter's Tale	153	(6)
Guide to Pronunciation	159	(10)
The Long and Short of It	169	(3)
Straight Talk and Rhyme	172	(2)
Shakespeare's Greatest Hits: Suggestions for the Initiates	174