The Theatre Arts Audition Book for Men (Theatre Arts (Routledge Paperback))

First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. A collection of fifty audition speeches for men selected from the finest plays of the last twenty years. The selections come from mainstream contemporary classics and important emerging work. Many of the playwrights represented here have received critical acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic. Included are Jim Cartwright's Road, Caryl Churchill's Serious Money, David Edgar's Maydays, Martin McDonagh's the Beauty Queen of Leenane, Ron Hutchinson's Rat in the Skull, Ntozake Shange's Spell #7, and Timberlake Wertenbaker's Our Country's Good, as well as work by Max Frisch, Edward Bond, Terry Johnson, Alan Ayckbourn, and others. he speeches cover a wide range of mood and character, from comedy to tragedy, from youth to old age, offering the actor a rich choice of new material. Each piece is accompanied by a synopsis setting the extract firmly in its context. The volume is introduced by the editor with a note of advice drawn from interviews with experienced directors. Book jacket

the Theatre Arts Audition Books Offer One Hundred Speeches From Plays Of The Past Twenty-five Years, Fifty In A Volume For Men, Fifty In A Volume For Women. Each Excerpt Is Preceded By A Note Situating The Play And The Selection. Speeches Come From A Wide Range Of Plays, Including David Mamet's Oleanna, Caryl Churchill's Serious Money, Martin Mcdonagh's The Beauty Queen Of Leenane, Jim Cartwright's Road, And Timberlake Wertenbaker's Our Country's Good, As Well As Plays By Anthony Minghella, Mark Ravenhill, Sue Townsend, Alan Ayckbourn, And Others. Annika Bluhm Has Assembled Two Sparkling Collections Of Monologues That Will Challenge And Inspire The Actor.

Road is an episodic play set in a street in Lancashire where unemployment and despair is rife.