Contemporary Monologues for Women: Volume 2

by Trilby James (Editor)

Overview

Whether you're applying for drama school, taking an exam, or auditioning for a professional role, it's likely you'll be required to perform one or more monologues, including a piece from a contemporary play. It's vital to come up with something fresh that's suited both to you – in order to allow you to express who you are as a performer – and to the specific purposes of the audition. In this book, you'll find forty fantastic speeches featuring female roles, all written and premiered since the year 2014, by some of the most exciting dramatic voices writing today. Playwrights include Mike Bartlett, Andrew Bovell, Chris Bush, Jez Butterworth, Vivienne Franzmann, Ella Hickson, Lucy Kirkwood, Chinonyerem Odimba, Frances Poet and Stef Smith. The plays featured were premiered at leading venues including the National, the Royal Court, Soho and Hampstead in London, prestigious theatres in Cardiff, Chichester, Edinburgh and Sheffield, and by renowned companies including Clean Break, Frantic Assembly and HighTide. Drawing on her experience as an actor, director and teacher at several leading drama schools, Trilby James introduces each speech with a user-friendly, bullet-point list of ten essential things you need to know about the character, and then five inspiring ideas to help you perform the monologue. This book also features a step-by-step guide to the process of selecting and preparing your speech, and approaching the audition itself. 'Easy-to-use… The guidance is perhaps the most thorough I have seen in a monologue book'Teaching Drama on Trilby James's first volume of Contemporary Monologues Please note that some of the speeches in this volume contain strong language and themes which some readers may find inappropriate.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781788503488
Publisher:	Hern, Nick Books
Publication date:	10/22/2020
Series:	The Good Audition Guides
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	184
File size:	473 KB

About the Author

Trilby James read Drama at Bristol University before completing the three-year acting course at RADA. She graduated in 1990 and over the years has worked extensively as an actor in theatre and television. In 2000 she also began working as a freelance director and teacher at several leading drama schools including ALRA, Arts Educational Schools, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, East 15, Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, Manchester Metropolitan University and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art where she is now an Associate Teacher. She has directed several third-year performances as well as taught foundation, first- and second-year students. She is currently tutoring MA students and running workshops for shorter programmes. She is a script reader and dramaturg for Kali Theatre Company and has directed several play-readings for their ‘Talkback’ seasons. Her other titles in The Good Audition Guides series are Contemporary Monologues (Volume 1), Contemporary Monologues for Teenagers and three volumes of Contemporary Duologues.

Table of Contents

Introduction 9

Lucija 18

From 3 Winters Tena Štivicic

Uta 23

From 8 Hotels Nicholas Wright

Rehana 26

From Angel Henry Naylor

Clem 29

From Bodies Vivienne Franzmann

Marnie 34

From Box Clever Monsay Whitney

Astrid 38

From Boys Will Be Boys Melissa Bubnic

Floss 42

From BU21 Stuart Slade

Izzy 46

From BU21 Stuart Slade

Findlay 50

From Close Quarters Kate Bowen

Essie 55

From Collapsible Margaret Perry

Foster 59

From The Collector Henry Naylor

Caitlin 63

From The Ferryman Jez Butterworth

Kelly 67

From Flesh and Bone Elliot Warren

Ayesha 71

From The Funeral Director Iman Qureshi

Janey 75

From The Funeral Director Iman Qureshi

Maddy 79

From Gut Frances Poet

Hanna 82

From Hanna Sam Potter

Wendy 87

From Heroine Nessah Muthy

Peppy 91

From The House They Grew Up In Deborah Bruce

Fran 94

From The Last Quiz Night on Earth Alison Carr

Lela 98

From Lela & Co. Cordelia Lynn

Yaz 102

From Lose Yourself Katherine Chandler

Rosa 106

From Madame Ovary Rosa Hesmondhalgh

Loops 110

From Mayfly Joe White

Jenny 113

From Mosquitoes Lucy Kirkwood

Nora 1 117

From Nora : A Doll's House Stef Smith

Imogen 121

From One for Sorrow Cordelia Lynn

Bobby 126

From The Perfect Gentleman Jackie Clune

Jess 130

From The Quiet House Gareth Farr

Maya 134

From Snowflake Mike Bartlett

Frankie 139

From Soft Animals Holly Robinson

Sarah 143

From Soft Animals Holly Robinson

Vanessa 146

From Steel Chris Bush

Pip 150

From Things I Know To Be True Andrew Bovell

Dee 154

From Unknown Rivers Chinonyerem Odimba

Connie 158

From Voicemail Lily Bevan

Elizabeth 162

From The Welkin Lucy Kirkwood

Sally 166

From The Welkin Lucy Kirkwood

Anne 170

From Wilderness Kellie Smith

Young Woman 174

From The Writer Ella Hickson

Editorial Reviews

"Easy-to-use… The guidance is perhaps the most thorough I have seen in a monologue book."

Teaching Drama on Trilby James’s first volume of Contemporary Monologues

"Easy-to-use… The guidance is perhaps the most thorough I have seen in a monologue book."

Teaching Drama on Trilby James’s first volume of Contemporary Monologues