Ultimate Scene Study Series Vol. 4 : 104 Short Scenes for 4 Actors

by Chandler, Wilma Marcus

• ISBN13: 9781575252216
• ISBN10: 157525221X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-06-01
• 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	ix
Wilma Marcus Chandler
PART ONE: SCENES FOR FOUR MEN
Oedipus The King, Sophocles	2	(8)
Lysistrata, Aristophanes	10	(4)
The Girl From Andros, Terence	14	(6)
Paphnutius, Hrotsvitha	20	(4)
The Second Shepherd's Play, Anonymous	24	(4)
Benkel on the Bridge, Hiyoshi	28	(4)
Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare	32	(2)
Hamlet (2), Shakespeare	34	(11)
King Lear, Shakespeare	45	(3)
The Changeling, Middleton and Rowley	48	(6)
The Tragedy of Jane Shore, Rowe	54	(4)
Jeppe of the Hill, Holberg	58	(6)
School for Scandal, Sheridan	64	(4)
The Second Mrs. Tanqueray, Pinero	68	(8)
The Rising of the Moon, Gregory	76	(9)
A Cry in the Streets, Lauckner	85	(4)
If Men Played Cards as Women Do, Kaufman	89	(6)
Waiting for Godot, Beckett	95	(7)
The Deputy, Hochhuth	102	(8)
In New England Winter, Bullins	110	(10)
The Ceremony of Innocence, Ribman	120	(5)
Streamers (2), Rabe	125	(10)
Stopwatch, Jory	135	(5)
Glengarry Glen Ross, Mamet	140	(4)
Walking Papers, Miller	144	(5)
Hebrew Visions, Anonymous	149	(4)
Night Births, Keaulumoku	153	(5)
PART ONE: SCENES FOR FOUR WOMEN
Hippolytus, Euripides	158	(9)
Lysistrata (2), Aristophanes	167	(10)
Ralph Roister Doister, Udall	177	(2)
Tamburlaine, Marlowe	179	(2)
Love's Labour Lost, Shakespeare	181	(3)
All's Well That Ends Well, Shakespeare	184	(3)
The Clandestine Marriage, Garrick	187	(5)
Overtones, Gerstenberg	192	(7)
Disconcerted States of Mind, Balla	199	(1)
Yerma, Garcia Lorca	200	(5)
Night Must Fall, Williams	205	(4)
Ladies in Retirement, Denham and Percy	209	(8)
A Young Lady of Property, Foote	217	(6)
Confessions of a female Disorder, Miller	223	(3)
A Late Snow, Chambers	226	(8)
Crimes of the Heart, Henley	234	(6)
Catholic School Girls, Kurti	240	(3)
My Sister in this House, Kesselman	243	(6)
Shadow of a Man, Moraga	249	(4)
Grace Notes, Ladutke	253	(4)
Seventeen Warnings in Search of a Feminist Poem, Jong	257	(3)
PART THREE: SCENES FOR TWO MEN/TWO WOMEN
Antigone, Sophocles	260	(6)
Gamma Gurton's Needle, Mr. S	266	(4)
As You Like it, Shakespeare	270	(4)
Othello, Shakespeare	274	(6)
The Mulberry Garden, Sedley	280	(4)
The Wild Duck, Ibsen	284	(7)
Mrs. Warren's Profession, Shaw	291	(8)
The City, Fitch	299	(5)
The Doctor's Duty, Pirandello	304	(5)
The Happy Journey to Camden and Trenton, Wilder	309	(3)
Undercurrent, Ehlert	312	(4)
Blood Wedding, Garcia Lorca	316	(4)
The Crucible, Miller	320	(5)
Picnic on the Battlefield, Arrabal	325	(8)
Impromptu, Mosel	333	(6)
The Odd Couple, Simon	339	(7)
`Dentity Crisis, Durang	346	(8)
The Sisters Rosensweig, Wasserstein	354	(8)
Apres Opera, Dixon and Smith	362	(7)
Poetry Reading, Chandler	369	(7)
PART FOUR: SCENES FOR THREE MEN/ONE WOMAN
The Brothers Menaechmus, Plautus	376	(8)
The Creation, Anonymous	384	(5)
Isaac, Anonymous	389	(3)
The Chicken Pie and the Chocolate Cake, Anonymous	392	(6)
Bilora, Beolco	398	(7)
King Henry the Sixth, Part III, Shakespeare	405	(4)
Taming of the Shrew, Shakespeare	409	(3)
The Lady of Pleasure, Shirley	412	(5)
The Barber of Seville, Beaumarchais	417	(7)
Candida, Shaw	424	(10)
The Monkey's Paw, Jacobs	434	(7)
The Doctor's Duty, Pirandello	441	(6)
The Delicacies, Williams	447	(2)
Ceremonies in Dark Old Men, Elder	449	(4)
The Journey of the Fifth Horseman, Ribman/Turgenev	453	(4)
Teibele and Her Demons, Singer and Friedman	457	(3)
The Next to the Longest Day, Stemple	460	(5)
Aurora's Motive, Pachino	465	(7)
PART FIVE: SCENES FOR THREE WOMEN/ONE MAN
Prometheus Bound, Aeschylus	472	(6)
Shakuntala, Kalidasa	478	(8)
Ralph Roister Doister, Udall	486	(5)
Dido, Queen of Carthage, Marlowe	491	(6)
The Country Wife (2), Wycherly	497	(10)
The New York Idea (2), Mitchell	507	(5)
Riders to the Sea, Synge	512	(5)
The Strongbox, Sternheim	517	(5)
Fumed Oak, Coward	522	(8)
The Hollow, Christie	530	(7)
Thunder on Sycamore Street, Rose	537	(4)
The Art of Dinning, Howe	541	(2)
My Visits with MGM (My Grandmother Marta), Villareal	543	(7)
I Hate Hamlet, Rudnick	550	(7)
The Pleasure of Detachment, Souchuk	557	(6)
Permission Acknowledgments	563