The Theatre Audition Book : Playing Monologs from Contemporary, Modern, Period, Shakespeare, and Classical Plays

Acknowledgments ix Preface xv Preparing Four Auditions 1(22) Selected Readings 22(1) Selecting Audition Materials 23(24) Selected Readings 45(2) Playing Classical Monologs 47(30) Lysistrata --- Lysistrata 50(1) Antigone --- Teiresias 51(1) Medea --- Medea 52(1) Oedipus the King --- Creon 53(1) Andromache --- Nurse, Hermione 54(1) The Self-Tormenter --- Clitipho 55(1) Agamemnon --- Watchman, Cassandra 56(2) Prometheus Bound --- Prometheus 58(1) Antigone --- Antigone 59(1) Medea --- Jason 60(1) Alcestis --- Servant, Hercules 61(1) Oedipus the King --- Oedipus 62(2) The Haunted House --- Phaniscus 64(1) Hippolytus --- Phaedra, Hippolytus 65(2) Philoctetes --- Neoptolemus, Philoctetes 67(2) Antigone --- Messenger 69(1) Lysistrata --- Voluptia 70(1) Prometheus Bound --- Hermes 71(1) Odi et Amo --- Catullus 72(1) Casina --- Olympio 73(1) Electra --- Electra 74(1) The Pot of Gold --- Euclio 75(2) Playing Shakespeare Monologs 77(32) Henry VIII --- Wolsey 81(1) Romeo and Juliet --- Romeo, Juliet 82(1) Twelfth Night --- Malvolio 83(2) Henry VI, Part I --- Joan 85(1) The Two Noble Kinsmen --- Jailer's Daughter 86(2) As You Like It --- Jacques 88(1) Henry VI, Part III --- Queen Margaret 89(1) Macbeth --- Porter 90(1) As You Like It --- Phebe, Rosalind 91(2) Cymbeline --- Imogen 93(1) Richard III --- Richard 94(1) All's Well That Ends Well --- Parolles 95(1) Antony and Cleopatra --- Enobarbus 96(1) Hamlet --- Hamlet 97(1) Timon of Athens --- Timon 98(1) King John --- Constance 99(1) Sonnets --- Numbers 29, 116 100(2) Julius Caesar --- Brutus 102(1) Henry IV, Part II --- Mistress Quickly 103(1) The Merry Wives of Windsor --- Mistress Page 104(1) A Midsummer Night's Dream --- Helena 105(1) Venus and Adonis --- Lines 1112-1188 106(1) The Taming of the Shrew --- Petruchio 107(2) Playing Period Monologs 109(32) The School for Scandal --- Sir Peter Teazle, Lady Teazle, Mrs. Candour 112(3) The Misanthrope --- Celimene 115(1) The Beggar's Opera --- Macheath, Polly 116(1) Cyrano de Bergerac --- Cyrano 117(2) The Importance of Being Earnest --- Gwendolen 119(1) Life Is a Dream --- Segismundo 120(1) The Miser --- Harpagon 121(1) The Beaux' Strategem --- Mrs. Sullen 122(1) Volpone --- Volpone 123(1) The Ghost Sonata --- Old Man 124(1) The Octoroon --- Zoe 125(1) All for Love --- Cleopatra 126(1) The Historical Register --- Auctioneer 127(1) The Contrast --- Maria 128(1) The Cherry Orchard --- Trofimov 129(1) The Sea Gull --- Nina, Trigorin 130(2) Doctor Faustus --- Faustus 132(1) There Shall Be No Nights --- Miranda 133(1) The Rivals --- Mrs. Malaprop 134(1) Miss Julie --- Jean, Miss Julie 135(1) The Duchess of Malfi --- Duchess 136(1) The Way of the World --- Mrs. Millamant, Mirabell 137(2) Survey of Period Dates 139(2) Playing Modern and Contemporary Monologs 141(38) Ghosts --- Mrs. Alving 143(2) Long Day's Journey Into Night --- Edmund 145(1) The Elephant Man --- Treves 146(1) Tango --- Arthur 147(1) The Cavern --- Author 148(1) Luther --- Tetzel 149(2) The Typists --- Sylvia, Paul 151(4) Contemporary Monologs 152(3) I Hate Hamlet --- Andrew 155(1) Boy's Life --- Phil 156(1) Kennedy's Children --- Carla 157(1) Claptrap --- Tassie 158(1) Aunt Dana nd Lemon --- Lemon 159(2) Laughing Wild --- Man 161(1) Two --- Mrs. Iger 162(1) Breezeblock Park --- Uncle Ted 163(1) The Search for Sings of Intelligent Life in the Universe --- Trudy 163(2) Eden Creek --- Hattie B. Moore 165(1) Once a Catholic --- Father Mullarkey 166(1) The Marriage of Bette and Boo --- Matt 167(1) Good Night Desdemona --- Constance 168(1) Stepping Out --- Mavis 169(2) The Sea --- Mrs. Rafi 171(1) Tracers --- Dinky Dau 172(1) Rememberin' Stuff --- Maxine, Tony 173(2) The Road to Mecca --- Elsa 175(1) Finding the Sun --- Fergus 176(1) Angels Fall --- Niles 177(2) Playing ``Non-Dramatic'' Monologs 179(30) Anonymous Epigrams --- Antiphilus, Poseidippus 182(2) Narratives 183(1) Princess Ida --- King Gama's Song 184(1) Go Ask Alice --- Alice 185(1) The Pirates of Penzance --- Major-General's Song 185(2) A Bachelor's Complaint --- Bachelor 187(1) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn --- Huck 187(1) My Love Is Like to Ice --- Edmund Spenser 188(1) The Death of Ivan Ilyich --- Ivan Ilyich 189(1) Of Studies --- Francis Bacon 189(1) A Haunted Man --- Narrator 190(1) Notes from Underground --- Narrator 191(1) Historical Documents 191(1) Thoughts --- Narrator 191(1) Letters --- Oscar Wilde 192(1) A Prayer to Saint Catherine --- Anonymous 192(1) The Union Address --- Daniel Webster 193(1) My Mother and God --- Harry Golden 193(1) On the Enslavement of Men --- Abraham Lincoln 194(1) Civil War Letters --- Abraham Lincoln 195(1) An Address on Dunkirk --- Winston Churchill 195(1) A Tribute to Eleanor Roosevelt --- Adlai Stevenson 196(1) Catiline's Defiance --- Catiline 197(1) A Love Letter --- John Keats 197(1) Perils of the Dance --- William Prynne 198(1) Please Hear What I'm Not Saying --- Anonymous 198(1) Speech to the Congress --- Davy Crockett 199(1) Memories --- Boris Pasternak 200(1) Additional Dimensions 200(1) Romeo and Juliet --- Chorus 201(1) Henry IV, Part II --- Rumor 201(1) Henry IV, Part II --- Epilogue 202(1) Interior Monologs 203(1) ``Ophelia'' --- Ophelia 203(2) ``Polonius'' --- Polonius 205(2) Humorous Monologs 206(1) A Modest Proposal --- Jonathan Swift 207(1) Ether and Me --- Will Rogers 208(1) Glossary of Audition Terms 209(5) Resource Materials 214(3) About the Author 217