Shakespeare Monologues for Women

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Full of fresh speeches from Shakespeare's plays, this is the ideal guide for actors of all ages and experience. As an actor at any level you are likely to be called upon to perform a speech from Shakespeare. A great deal will depend on your coming up with something fresh that is suited both to your particular performing skills and to the purposes of the audition. This is where this volume of The Good Audition Guides comes in. Drawing on his extensive experience as a theatre director and in drama training, Luke Dixon has chosen fifty monologues for female actors from acros.;Cover; Title page; Contents; INTRODUCTION; THE COMEDIES; Miranda from The Tempest; Isabella from Measure for Measure; Luciana from The Comedy of Errors; The Princess of France from Love's Labour's Lost; Helena from A Midsummer Night's Dream; Hermia from A Midsummer Night's Dream; Jessica from The Merchant of Venice; Portia from The Merchant of Venice; Portia from The Merchant of Venice; Phoebe from As You Like It; Phoebe from As You Like It; Rosalind from As You Like It; Katharina from The Taming of the Shrew; Helena from All's Well That Ends Well. Cover Title page Contents INTRODUCTION THE COMEDIES Miranda from The Tempest Isabella from Measure for Measure Luciana from The Comedy of Errors The Princess of France from Love's Labour's Lost Helena from A Midsummer Night's Dream Hermia from A Midsummer Night's Dream Jessica from The Merchant of Venice Portia from The Merchant of Venice Portia from The Merchant of Venice Phoebe from As You Like It Phoebe from As You Like It Rosalind from As You Like It Katharina from The Taming of the Shrew Helena from All's Well That Ends Well. The Countess of Rossillion from All's Well That Ends WellOlivia from Twelfth Night Viola from Twelfth Night Hermione from The Winter's Tale Hermion from The Winter's Tale Paulina from The Winter's Tale Marina from Pericles THE HISTORIES Lady Constance from King John Duchess of Gloucester from Richard II Lady Elizabeth Percy from Henry IV, Part One Lady Elizabeth Percy from Henry IV, Part Two The Hostess of the Boar's Head Tavern from Henry V Joan la Pucelle from Henry VI, Part One Duchess of Gloucester from Henry VI, Part Two Queen Margaret from Henry VI, Part Two. Queen Margaret from Henry VI, Part ThreeLady Anne from Richard III Queen Katharine from Henry VIII THE TRAGEDIES Cressida from Troilus and Cressida Volumnia from Coriolanus Tamora, Queen of the Goths from Titus Andronicus Tamora, Queen of the Goths from Titus Andronicus The Nurse from Romeo and Juliet Juliet from Romeo and Juliet Juliet from Romeo and Juliet Portia from Julius Caesar Lady Macbeth from Macbeth Lady Macduff from Macbeth Ophelia from Hamlet Goneril from King Lear Desdemona from Othello Emilia from Othello Cleopatra from Antony and Cleopatra. Cleopatra from Antony and CleopatraImogen from Cymbeline The Jailer's Daughter from The Two Noble Kinsmen ABOUT THE AUTHOR OTHER TITLES IN THE SERIES COPYRIGHT INFORMATION.