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The Good Audition Guides

Helping you select and perform the audition piece that is best suited to your performing skills.

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Contemporary Monologues for Men: Volume 2

Contemporary Monologues for Men: Volume 2

Edited by Trilby James

Forty fantastic speeches featuring male roles, all written and premiered since the year 2014, by some of today’s most exciting dramatic voices from the UK and USA.

Contemporary Monologues for Women: Volume 2

Contemporary Monologues for Women: Volume 2

Edited by Trilby James

Forty fantastic speeches featuring female roles, all written and premiered since the year 2014, by some of the most exciting dramatic voices writing today.

Audition Songs for Men

Audition Songs for Men

Edited by Paul Harvard

A wide range of fantastic audition songs for men, each accompanied by detailed textual, vocal and musical analysis, and a practical performance guide to ensure you perform it to maximum effect in your own unique way.

Audition Songs for Women

Audition Songs for Women

Edited by Paul Harvard

A wide range of fantastic audition songs for women, each accompanied by detailed textual, vocal and musical analysis, and a practical performance guide to ensure you perform it to maximum effect in your own unique way.

Contemporary Monologues for Teenagers: Female

Contemporary Monologues for Teenagers: Female

Edited by Trilby James

Forty fantastic female speeches for teenagers, all written since the year 2000, by some of the most exciting and acclaimed writers working today.

Contemporary Monologues for Teenagers: Male

Contemporary Monologues for Teenagers: Male

Edited by Trilby James

Forty fantastic male speeches for teenagers, all written since the year 2000, by some of the most exciting and acclaimed writers working today.

Contemporary Duologues Collection

Contemporary Duologues Collection

Two Men | Two Women | One Man & One Woman

Edited by Trilby James

A selection of the best contemporary scenes for two actors, with seventy-five fantastic duologues, all written since the year 2000. Includes twenty-five duologues for two men, twenty-five for two women, and a further twenty-five for one man and one woman. In the Good Audition Guides series.

Contemporary Duologues: One Man & One Woman

Contemporary Duologues: One Man & One Woman

Edited by Trilby James

A selection of the best contemporary scenes for two actors, one man and one woman. In the Good Audition Guides series.

Contemporary Duologues: Two Men

Contemporary Duologues: Two Men

Edited by Trilby James

A selection of the best contemporary scenes for two male actors. In the Good Audition Guides series.

Contemporary Duologues: Two Women

Contemporary Duologues: Two Women

Edited by Trilby James

A selection of the best contemporary scenes for two female actors. In the Good Audition Guides series.

Contemporary Monologues for Women

Contemporary Monologues for Women

Edited by Trilby James

Fifty fantastic speeches for women, all written since the year 2000, by some of our most exciting dramatic voices. In the Nick Hern Books Good Audition Guides series.

Contemporary Monologues for Men

Contemporary Monologues for Men

Edited by Trilby James

Fifty fantastic speeches for men, all written since the year 2000, by some of our most exciting dramatic voices. Each speech is prefaced with a thorough introduction including the vital information you need to perform the scene to its maximum effect. The result is the most comprehensive and useful contemporary monologue book now available.

Shakespeare Monologues for Young Men

Shakespeare Monologues for Young Men

By Luke Dixon

Forty monologues for young men drawn from across the whole of Shakespeare's canon, complete with summaries, ideas for consideration and a glossary. Part of the Nick Hern Books Good Audition Guides series.

Shakespeare Monologues for Young Women

Shakespeare Monologues for Young Women

By Luke Dixon

Forty monologues for young women, drawn from across the whole of Shakespeare's canon, complete with summaries, ideas for consideration and a glossary. Part of the Nick Hern Books Good Audition Guides series.

Shakespeare Monologues for Men

Shakespeare Monologues for Men

By Luke Dixon

Fifty monologues for men drawn from across the Shakespeare canon, all prefaced with a summary of the vital information you need to place the piece in context and to perform it to maximum effect in your own unique way.

Shakespeare Monologues for Women

Shakespeare Monologues for Women

By Luke Dixon

Fifty monologues for women drawn from across the Shakespeare canon, all prefaced with a summary of the vital information you need to place the piece in context and to perform it to maximum effect in your own unique way.

Classical Monologues for Men

Classical Monologues for Men

By Marina Caldarone

Fifty monologues for men drawn from classical plays throughout the ages, all prefaced with a summary of the vital information you need to place the piece in context and to perform it to maximum effect in your own unique way.

Classical Monologues for Women

Classical Monologues for Women

By Marina Caldarone

Fifty monologues for women drawn from classical plays throughout the ages, all prefaced with a summary of the vital information you need to place the piece in context and to perform it to maximum effect in your own unique way.

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