Ultimate Scene Study Series Vol. II : 102 Short Scenes for Two Actors

by Beard, Jocelyn

• ISBN13: 9781575251530
• ISBN10: 1575251531
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-05-01
• Publisher: Smith & Kraus Pub Inc

Summary

An invaluable resource for actors, directors, and teachers. These collections of scenes are selected from the full canon of dramatic literature, from the Greeks to the Moderns and from around the world.

Table of Contents

Foreword	xiii
Jocelyn A. Beard
PART ONE: THE ANCIENTS
The Persians, Man and Woman	2	(3)
Philip Vellacott
Seven Against Thebes, Two Women	5	(2)
Philip Vellacott
Antigone, Man and Woman	7	(2)
Sir George Young
The Clouds, Two Men	9	(3)
T. Mitchell
Oedipus at Colonus, Man and Woman	12	(2)
E. F. Watling
The Madness of Hercules, Man and Woman	14	(2)
Dana Gioia
Medea, Man and Woman	16	(4)
Frank Miller
PART TWO: HOLY PLAYS FOR DARK TIMES LEAD TO THE EARLY RENAISSANCE STAGE
The Fall of Man, Man and Woman	20	(3)
Anonymous
Abraham and Isaac, Two Men	23	(2)
Anonymous
Bilora, Man and Woman	25	(3)
Angelo Beolco
Babette
Glenn Hughes
Lena, Man and Woman	28	(3)
Ludovico Ariosto
Barbara Reynolds
Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay, Two Men	31	(2)
Robert Greene
The Jew of Malta, Two Men	33	(3)
Christopher Marlowe
Dido, Queen of Carthage, Man and Woman	36	(3)
Christopher Marlowe
Arden of Feversham, Man and Woman	39	(3)
Anonymous
Doctor Faustus, Two Men	42	(3)
Christopher Marlowe
Every Man In His Humour, Two Men	45	(3)
Ben Jonson
PART THREE: THE GLORIOUS 17TH CENTURY
The Shoemaker's Holiday, Two Women	48	(2)
Tomas Dekker
A Woman Killed With Kindness, Man and Woman	50	(3)
Thomas Heywood
The Malcontent, Two Men	53	(3)
John Marston
The Insatiate Countess, Two Women	56	(2)
William Barksted
Lewis Machin
John Marston
The Maid's Tragedy, Man and Woman	58	(3)
Francis Beaumont
John Fletcher
A Chaste Maid in Cheapside, Two Men	61	(3)
Thomas Middleton
The Tragedy of Valentinian, Two Women	64	(2)
John Fletcher
The Duchess of Malfi, Man and Woman	66	(3)
John Webster
Women Beware Women, Man and Woman	69	(3)
Thomas Middleton
The Lady of Pleasure, Man and Woman	72	(4)
James Shirley
The King, The Greatest Alcade, Man and Woman	76	(3)
Lope Felix de Vega
John Underhill
Tartuffe, Two Women	79	(3)
Moliere
Richard Wilbur
The Gentleman Dancing Master, Two Women	82	(3)
William Wycherley
The Country Wife, Man and Woman	85	(2)
William Wycherley
The Virtuoso, Man and Woman	87	(2)
Thomas Shadwell
The Plain Dealer, Man and Woman	89	(3)
William Wycherley
The Rival Queens, Two Women	92	(3)
Nathaniel Lee
The Feigned Courtesans, Two Men	95	(2)
Aphra Behn
The Fatal Friendship, Man and Woman	97	(5)
Catherine Trotter
PART FOUR: THE WICKEDLY ELEGANT 18TH CENTURY
The Beau Defeated, Two Women	102	(2)
Mary Pix
The Tragedy of Jane Shore, Man and Woman	104	(4)
Nicholas Rowe
The Way of the World, Two Women	108	(3)
William Congreve
The Beaux' Stratagem, Two Men	111	(3)
George Farquhar
The Busybody, Two Men	114	(2)
Susanna Centilivre
CATO, Two Men	116	(3)
John Addison
The Conscious Lovers, Two Women	119	(2)
Richard Steele
The Christmas Party, Man and Woman	121	(2)
Ludvig Holberg
Gerald S. Argetsinger
The Beggar's Opera, Man and Woman	123	(3)
John Gay
The Tragedy of Tragedies, Man and Woman	126	(2)
Henry Fielding
The London Merchant, Man and Woman	128	(2)
George Lillo
A Matter of Dispute, Two Women	130	(3)
Marivaux
John Walters
Miss Sara Sampson, Man and Woman	133	(2)
Lessing
Ernest Bell
The School for Scandal, Man and Woman	135	(3)
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
A Trip to Scarborough, Man and Woman	138	(2)
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Such Things Are, Man and Woman	140	(2)
Elizabeth Inchbald
Slaves in Algiers, Two Women	142	(4)
Susana Haswell Rowson
PART FIVE: PASSION AND FANTASY IN THE 19TH CENTURY
The Female Enthusiast, Man and Woman	146	(3)
Sarah Pogson
Smiles and Tears, Man and Woman	149	(3)
Marie-Therese Decamp
Manfred, Two Men	152	(2)
Lord Byron
Black-Ey'd Susan, Two Men	154	(2)
Douglas Jerrold
Francis the First, Man and Woman	156	(4)
Fanny Kemble
Ernest Maltreavers, Man and Woman	160	(2)
Louise Medina
Fashion, Two Women	162	(2)
Anna Cora Mowatt
A Live Woman in the Mines, Two Men	164	(3)
Alonzo Delano
Masks and Faces, Man and Woman	167	(2)
Taylor
Reade
Lady Audley's Secret, Man and Woman	169	(4)
C. H. Hazlewood
Caste, Man and Woman	173	(2)
T. W. Robertson
Peer Gynt, Two Men	175	(3)
Henrik Ibsen
Paul Green
Arms and the Man, Two Women	178	(3)
George Bernard Shaw
The Ambassador, Two Women	181	(3)
Pearl Craigie
When We Dead Awaken, Man and Woman	184	(4)
Henrik Ibsen
Brian Johnson
Rick Davis
PART SIX: THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY...SEX AND POLITICS
The Three Sisters, Man and Woman	188	(3)
Anton Chekhov
Carol Rocamora
The Playboy of the Western World, Man and Woman	191	(3)
John Millington Synge
A Man's World, Man and Woman	194	(3)
Rachel Crothers
Recklessness, Man and Woman	197	(3)
Eugene O'Neill
Miss Lulu Bett, Man and Woman	200	(2)
Zona Gale
Color Struck, Man and Woman	202	(3)
Zora Neale Hurston
Sex, Two Women	205	(3)
Mae West
The Drag, Two Men	208	(3)
Mae West
Waiting for Lefty, Two Men	211	(3)
Clifford Odets
The Little Foxes, Man and Woman	214	(3)
Lillian Hellman
The Man Who Came to Dinner, Man and Woman	217	(5)
George S. Kaufman
Moss Hart
PART SEVEN: THE LATE 20TH CENTURY...MILLENNIUM'S EDGE
The Autumn Garden, Man and Woman	222	(2)
Lillian Hellman
The Lottery, Man and Woman	224	(2)
Brainerd Duffield
Shirley Jackson
Look Back in Anger, Man and Woman	226	(3)
John Osborne
The Visit, Man and Woman	229	(3)
Friederich Durrenmatt
Patrick Bowles
A Slight Ache, Man and Woman	232	(3)
Harold Pinter
Phedre, Man and Woman	235	(2)
Jean Racine
William Packard
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Two Men	237	(5)
Tom Stoppard
Tango, Man and Woman	242	(3)
Slawomir Mrozek
Ralph Manheim
Teresa Dzieduscycka
Where Has Tommy Flowers Gone?, Man and Woman	245	(4)
Terrence McNally
The Actor's Nightmare, Man and Woman	249	(4)
Christopher Durang
Am I Blue, Man and Woman	253	(3)
Beth Henley
Aunt Dan and Lemon, Man and Woman	256	(3)
Wallace Shawn
Imperceptible Mutabilities in the Third Kingdom, Two Women	259	(2)
Suzan-Lori Parks
Four Baboons Adoring the Sun, Man and Woman	261	(3)
John Guare
Keely and Du, Two Women	264	(3)
Jane Martin
Stops, Man and Woman	267	(3)
Robert Auletta
The Family of Mann, Two Women	270	(3)
Theresa Rebeck
Medusa's Tale, Two Women	273	(2)
Carol S. Lashof
You Belong To Me, Man and Woman	275	(3)
Keith Reddin
One Flea Spare, Two Women	278	(2)
Naomi Wallace
Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Two Men	280	(2)
Steve Martin
Life Under Water, Two Women	282	(3)
Richard Greenberg
The Ornamental Hermit, Man and Woman	285	(2)
Jocelyn Beard
Permission Acknowledgments	287