Audition Speeches for Younger Actors 16+: for Young Actors 16+ (Theatre Arts (Routledge Paperback)) - Softcover

Marlow, Jean

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0878301526 ISBN 13: 9780878301522

Publisher: Routledge, 2002

Synopsis

Finding good audition speeches is not always easy, especially for younger actors. Few plays today have good parts for sixteen to eighteen year olds and yet most examiners and auditioners expect candidates to present characters within their own age groups and capabilities. In "Audition Speeches for Younger actors 16+" Jean Marlow has selected a wide variety of speeches for the sixteen to eighteen year-old age group. Extracts are taken from a range of plays including Sheridan's "The Rivals," Tom Stoppard's "Arcadia," Shelagh Stephenson's "Ancient" "Lights," and Martin McDonagh's "The Cripple of Inishmaan," In addition there is some excellent advice from directors, casting directors, actors and teachers, including: Royal National Theatre director, Roland Rees; singing teacher Tona de Brett, whose pupils have included Martine McCutcheon, Dido and Johnny Rotten; Valerie King, examiner for the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), and Tim Reynolds, Principal of The Academy Drama School.

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About the Author

Jean Marlow with her co-director Eamonn Jones, runs The Actors' Theatre School in London and is an experienced actress and teacher. She is also the author of Actors' Audition Speeches, Actresses' Audition Speeches, Classical Auditions books for Men and Women, Audition Speeches for 6-16 Year Olds, Audition Speeches for Men, and Audition Speeches for Women.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0878301526
• ISBN 13: 9780878301522
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 144