Award Monologue Book for Men

"As a young actor I was constantly searching for new audition pieces, something of quality but different from those few standard ones everybody was using. It seemed important to bring this to an audition panel and Patrick and Christine have researched, in depth, the latest modern plays of high calibre writing, many of which are extraordinary and, indeed, unfamiliar. By choosing those plays or actors who have been up for Awards, they have guaranteed top class monologues with an enormous variety of content and age range. I highly recommend this book to anyone studying or auditioning, as the individual information and notes given for each speech are immensely helpful." - David Suchet, TV's Poirot, and in the theatre nominated for six Best Actor Awards, including the Tony, Laurence Olivier and Evening Standard Awards for Amadeus. The effectiveness of a performance is always influenced by the quality of the writing. We wanted to provide a treasure-house for actors of wonderful speeches with unique practical tips on how to perform them. We trust this collection of 54 monologues from plays nominated for: * the Pullitzer Prize * the Tony Award * the Drama Desk Award * the Evening Standard Theatre Award * the Laurence Olivier Award will help all of you who are looking for up-to-date speeches for auditions, acting class, or who just want to enjoy extracts from some of the new plays that have arrived in the last 25 years. - Patrick Tucker & Christine Ozanne Patrick Tucker is Director of the Original Shakespeare Company and author of The Actor's Survival Handbook (with Christine Ozanne, 2005), Secrets of Screen Acting (2nd edition, 2003) and Secrets of Acting Shakespeare - the Original Approach (2002). Christine Ozanne is an actor, co-founder of the the Original Shakespeare Company and co-author of The Actor's Survival Handbook.Tucker, Patrick is the author of 'Award Monologue Book for Men', published 2007 under ISBN 9780415428385 and ISBN 0415428386.