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1st Edition

The Classical Monologue (M) Men

Edited By Michael Earley, Philippa Keil Copyright 1993
    160 Pages
    by Routledge

    160 Pages
    by Routledge
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    The Classical Monologue in two volumes, one for men and one for women, is a fresh selection of the best speeches from the repertoire of the classical theatre, from the Greeks to the beginning of the 20th century. These great dramatic monologues--from all periods and styles, all varied in tone and genre--make an indispensable actor's companion for auditioning, rehearsing and performing. Each monologue is accompanied by textual notes explaining any unusual vocabulary or syntax, and by commentary in which the editors offer interpretative points and practical advice in preparing the speech for performance. Both beginners and experienced actors will find The Classical Monologue a treasury of theatrical riches waiting to be released on stage.

    Chapter 1 Libation Bearers (The Oresteia) (c. 458 BC), Aeschylus; Chapter 2 Oedipus the King(c. 430 BC), Sophocles; Chapter 3 Hippolytus(c. 428 BC), Euripides; Chapter 4 The Spanish Tragedy(c. 1586), Thomas Kyd; Chapter 5 Doctor Faustus(c. 1589), Christopher Marlowe; Chapter 6 Henry VI (Part 1) (1592), William Shakespeare; Chapter 7 Arden of Feversham(c. 1592), Anonymous; Chapter 8 Edward II (c. 1594), Christopher Marlowe; Chapter 9 Edward II (c. 1594), Christopher Marlowe; Chapter 10 Romeo and Juliet (c. 1595), William Shakespeare; Chapter 11 Hamlet (1601), William Shakespeare; Chapter 12 A Woman Killed with Kindness (1603), Thomas Heywood; Chapter 13 The Honest Whore (Part 1) (1604), Thomas Dekker; Chapter 14 Volpone (1605), Ben Jonson; Chapter 15 Coriolanus (1607–9), William Shakespeare; Chapter 16 The Revenger’s Tragedy (1607), Cyril Tourneur (attrib.); Chapter 17 The Alchemist (1610), Ben Jonson; Chapter 18 The White Devil(1612), John Webster; Chapter 19 The Changeling (c. 1622), Thomas Middleton, William Rowley; Chapter 20 ’Tis Pity She’s a Whore (1625–33), John Ford; Chapter 21 Life is a Dream (1635), Pedro Calderón de la Barca; Chapter 22 The Misanthrope (1666), Jean Baptiste Poquelin; Chapter 23 The Miser (1668) Molière, Jean Baptiste Poquelin; Chapter 24 Phedra (1677), Jean Racine; Chapter 25 The Country Wife (1675), William Wycherley; Chapter 26 The Rover (Part 1) (1678), Aphra Behn; Chapter 27 The Double Dealer (1694), William Congreve; Chapter 28 Love for Love (1695), William Congreve; Chapter 29 The Relapse (1696), Sir John Vanbrugh; Chapter 30 The Provok’d Wife (1697), Sir John Vanbrugh; Chapter 31 The Constant Couple (1699), George Farquhar; Chapter 32 The Way of the World (1700), William Congreve; Chapter 33 The Rivals (1775), Richard Brinsley Sheridan; Chapter 34 The Critic (1779), Richard Brinsley Sheridan; Chapter 35 Lady Windermere’s Fan (1892), Oscar Wilde; Chapter 36 A Woman of No Importance (1893), Oscar Wilde; Chapter 37 The Second Mrs Tanqueray (1893), Arthur Wing Pinero; Chapter 38 An Ideal Husband (1895), Oscar Wilde; Chapter 39 Man and Superman (1903), Bernard Shaw; Chapter 40 The Playboy of the Western World (1907), J M Synge; Chapter 41 Heartbreak House (1919), Bernard Shaw; Chapter 42 Woyzeck (1836–7), Georg Büchner; Chapter 43 The Government Inspector (1836), Nikolai Gogol; Chapter 44 A Month in the Country (1850), Ivan Turgenev; Chapter 45 A Doll’s House (1879), Henrik Ibsen; Chapter 46 Miss Julie (1888), August Strindberg; Chapter 47 The Seagull (1896), Anton Chekhov; Chapter 48 The Dance of Death (1900), August Strindberg; Chapter 49 The Cherry Orchard (1904), Anton Chekhov;

    Biography

    Michael Earley is a literary adviser for BBC Radio Drama and formerly Chairman of the Theatre Studies Program at Yale University. Philippa Keil has worked professionally in London at the Orange Tree Theatre. Together, they have published Solo! The Best Monologues of the 80s and Soliloquy! The Shakespeare Monologues.

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