One on one: the best monologues for mature actors

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This volume selects from classical sources as well as contemporary ones to provide a challenging and enriching experience for both the dedicated professional and the inquisitive amateur. Part one: monologues for women. Medea / by Euripides, trans. by Philip Vellacott A midsummer night's dream / by William Shakespeare Hippolytus / by Euripides, trans. by David Grene Coriolanus / by William Shakespeare The duchess of Malfi / by John Webster The conduct of life / by Maria Irene Fornes A cheever evening / by A. R. Gurney Six degrees of separation / by John Guare The last time we saw her / by Jane Anderson The misanthrope / by Molière, trans. by Richard Wilbur The old settler / by John Henry Redwood A bright new Boise / by Samuel Hunter Tea / by Velina Hasu Houston Appearances / by Tina Howe The cherry orchard / by Anton Chekhov, trans. by Jean-Claude van Itallie Stops along the way / by Jeffrey Sweet Bee-Luther-Hatchee / by Thomas Gibbons Catholic school girls / by Casey Kurtti Occupant / by Edward Albee Intimate apparel / by Lynn Nottage The secret mirror, a collage play / by Joyce Carol Oates Fefu and her friends / by Maria Irene Fornes Long day's journey into night / by Eugene O'Neill Aunt Dan and lemon / by Wallace Shawn Cloud 9 / by Caryl Churchill Lives of the great waitresses / by Nina Shengold All over / by Edward Albee The matchmaker / by Thornton Wilder Liberation day / by Donald Margulies The good body / by Eve Ensler The big funk / by John Patrick Shanley The old settler / by John Henry Redwood Buried child / by Sam Shepard Aunt Dan and lemon / by Wallace Shawn The last days of Judas Iscariot / by Stephen Adly Guirgis The glass menagerie / by Tennessee Williams. Part two: monologues for men. Hippolytus / by Euripides, trans. by David Grene Six degrees of separation / by John Guare Hamlet / by William Shakespeare Bethany / by Laura Marks Pygmalion / by George Bernard Shaw Prometheus bound / by Aeschylus, trans. by David Grene A lesson from aloes / by Athol Fugard Hamlet / by William Shakespeare Sight unseen / by Donald Margulies Doctor Faustus / by Christopher Marlowe A cheever evening / by A. R. Gurney Savage world / by Stephen Fife The seagull / by Anton Chekhov, trans. by Jean-Claude van Itallie Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike / by Christopher Durang Eurydice / by Sarah Ruhl The secret mirror, a collage play / by Joyce Carol Oates Indians / by Arthur Kopit The big funk / by John Patrick Shanley Joe Turner's come and gone / by August Wilson The ballad of Yachiyo / by Philip Kan Gotanda Conversations with my father / by Herb Gardner Harm's way / by Shem Bitterman Prelude to a kiss / by Craig Lucas Cat on a hot tin roof / by Tennessee Williams Hamlet / by William Shakespeare The whipping man / by Matthew Lopez Uncle Vanya / by Anton Chekhov, trans. by Jean-Claude van Itallie Reunion / by David Mamet A midsummer night's dream / by William Shakespeare A view from the bridge / by Arthur Miller Detroit / by Lisa D'Amour Eyes for Consuela / by Sam Shepard Radio golf / by August Wilson Eddie Mundo Edmundo / by Lynne Alvarez Savage world / by Stephen Fife The love song of J. Robert Oppenheimer / by Carson Kreitzer The misanthrope / by Molière, trans. by Richard Wilbur Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike / by Christopher Durang Long day's journey into night / by Eugene O'Neill A dream of passion / by Phillip Hayes Dean Indians / by Arthur Kopit Radio golf / by August Wilson Other people's money / by Jerry Sterner Every good boy deserves favor / by Tom Stoppard The price / by Arthur Miller.