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Volume 2 published in 2020.

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Volume 1: "In this volume of the Good Audition Guides, you'll find fifty fantastic speeches for women, all written since the year 2000, by some of our most exciting dramatic voices. Playwrights featured in Contemporary Monologues for Women include Mike Bartlett, Alexi Kaye Campbell, Caryl Churchill, Helen Edmundson, debbie tucker green, Ella Hickson, Lucy Kirkwood, Rona Munro, Joanna Murray-Smith and Enda Walsh, and the plays themselves were premiered at the very best theatres across the UK including the National Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Bush, Soho and Hampstead Theatres, Manchester Royal Exchange, the Traverse in Edinburgh, the Abbey in Dublin, and many on the stages of the Royal Court. Drawing on her experience as an actor, director and teacher at several leading drama schools, Trilby James prefaces each speech with a thorough introduction including the vital information you need to place the piece in context (the who, what, when, where and why) and suggestions about how to perform the scene to its maximum effect (including the character's objectives and keywords). Contemporary Monologues for Women also features an introduction on the whole process of selecting and preparing your speech, and approaching the audition itself. The result is the most comprehensive and useful contemporary monologue book now available"--Publisher's description.

Volume 2: Whether you're applying for drama school, taking an exam, or auditioning for a professional role, it's likely you'll be required to perform one or more monologues, including a piece from a contemporary play. It's vital to come up with something fresh that's suited both to you - in order to allow you to express who you are as a performer - and to the specific purposes of the audition. In this book, you'll find forty fantastic speeches featuring female roles, all written and premiered since the year 2014, by some of the most exciting dramatic voices writing today. Playwrights include Mike Bartlett, Andrew Bovell, Chris Bush, Jez Butterworth, Vivienne Franzmann, Ella Hickson, Lucy Kirkwood, Chinonyerem Odimba, Frances Poet and Stef Smith. The plays featured were premiered at leading venues including the National, the Royal Court, Soho and Hampstead in London, prestigious theatres in Cardiff, Chichester, Edinburgh and Sheffield, and by renowned companies including Clean Break, Frantic Assembly and HighTide. Drawing on her experience as an actor, director and teacher at several leading drama schools, Trilby James introduces each speech with a user-friendly, bullet-point list of ten essential things you need to know about the character, and then five inspiring ideas to help you perform the monologue. This book also features a step-by-step guide to the process of selecting and preparing your speech, and approaching the audition itself.

Good audition guides

Volume 1: Monologues. Scarlet from Airsick / Emma Frost

Claire from from Apologia / Alexi Kaye Campbell

Jean from August:Osage County / Tracy Letts

Daughter from bedbound / Enda Walsh

Sophie from Boys / Ella Hickson

Anne from Brontë / Polly Teale

Isobel from Bull / Mike Bartlett

Katie from Bunny / Jack Thorne

Mmoma from Cockroach / Sam Holcroft

Charity from Dancing bears / Sam Holcroft

Katerina from Delirium / Enda Walsh

Astrid from Eight / Ella Hickson

Melanie from Fair / Joy Wilkinson

Anita from Fast labour / Steve Waters

Jo from Gilt / Steve Greenhorn, Rona Munro and Isabel Wright

Emma from Girls and dolls / Lisa McGee

Justine from Herding cats / Lucinda Coxon

Sister Jauna Inés de la Cruz from Heresy of love / Helen Edmundson

Sophie from Honour / Joanna Murray-Smith

Peta from How love is spelt / Cloë Moss

Miranda from How to curse / Ian McHugh

Rebecca from Immaculate / Oliver Lansley

Lara from Invisible / Tena Štivičić

Dijana from it felt empty when the heart went at first but it is alright now / Lucy Kirkwood

Shelley from Ladies down under / Amanda Whittington

Girl from Limbo / Declan Feenan

Joanne from Little baby Jesus / Arinze Kene

Vicky from Little Dolls / Nancy Harris

Amber from Little Gen / Elaine Murphy

Unspecified from Love and information / Caryl Churchill

Brenda from Loyal Women / Gary Mitchell

Eva from Memory / Jonathan Lichtenstein

Becky from Mogadishu / Vivienne Franzmann

Jane from Mother Teresa is dead / Helen Edmundson

Rachel Corrie from My name is Rachel Corrie / taken from the writings of Rachel Corrie, edited by Alan Rickman and Katherine Viner

Tania from My name is Tania Head / Alexandra Wood

Laura from No romance / Nancy Harris

Lin Han from Pandas / Rona Munro

Layla from Perve / Stacey Gregg

Bea from Pieces / Hywel John

Joey from Precious little talent / Ella Hickson

Sylvia from The pride / Alexi Kaye Campbell

Sabine from Push up / Roland Schimmelpfennigh, translated by Maja Zade

Bella from Rabbit / Nine Raine

Sister from randon / Debboe Tucker Green

Maeve from Scenes from the big picture / Owen McCafferty

Sophie from Strawberries in January / Evelynde de la Chenelière, in a version by Rona Munro

B from Terminus / Mark O'Rowe

Marie from This wide night / Chloë Moss

Lucy from what we know / Pamela Carter.

Volume 2: Introduction

Lucija : from 3 Winters / by Tena Štivičić

Uta : from 8 Hotels / by Nicholas Wright

Rehana : from Angel / by Henry Naylor

Clem : from Bodies / by Vivienne Franzmann

Marnie : from Box Clever / by Monsay Whitney

Astrid : from Boys Will Be Boys / by Melissa Bubnic

Floss ; Izzy : from BU21 / by Stuart Slade

Findlay : from Close Quarters / by Kate Bowen

Essie : from Collapsible / by Margaret Perry

Foster : from The Collector / by Henry Naylor

Caitlin : from The Ferryman / by Jez Butterworth

Kelly : from Flesh and Bone / by Elliot Warren

Ayesha ; Janey : from The Funeral Director / by Iman Qureshi

Maddy : from Gut / by Frances Poet

Hanna : from Hanna / by Sam Potter

Wendy : from Heroine / by Nessah Muthy

Peppy : from The House They Grew Up In / by Deborah Bruce

Fran : from The Last Quiz Night on Earth / by Alison Carr

Lela : from Lela & Co. / by Cordelia Lynn

Yaz : from Lose Yourself / by Katherine Chandler

Rosa : from Madame Ovary / by Rosa Hesmondhalgh

Loops : from Mayfly / by Joe White

Jenny : from Mosquitoes / by Lucy Kirkwood

Nora I : from Nora : A Doll's House / by Stef Smith

Imogen : from One for Sorrow / by Cordelia Lynn

Bobby : from The Perfect Gentleman / by Jackie Clune

Jess : from The Quiet House / by Gareth Farr

Maya : from Snowflake / by Mke Bartlett

Frankie ; Sarah : from Soft Animals / by Holly Robinson

Vanessa : from Steel / by Chris Bush

Pip : from Things I Know To Be True / by Andrew Bovell

Dee : from Unknown Rivers / by Chinonyerem Odimba

Connie : from Voicemail / by Lily Bevan

Elizabeth ; Sally : from The Welkin / by Lucy Kirkwood

Anne : from Wilderness / by Kellie Smith

Young woman : from The Writer / by Ella Hickson.

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