The Methuen Drama Audition Book for Men [Paperback]

A collection of fifty audition speeches for men selected from the finest plays of the last thirty years

Annika Bluhm has compiled pieces from mainstream contemporary classics as well as cutting-edge plays from the last ten years. They cover a wide range of mood and character, from comedy to tragedy, from youth to old age. Each piece is accompanied by a synopsis setting the extract firmly in context
Contains an introduction from the editor with a note of advice for those preparing audition pieces.

Annika Bluhm is herself an actress and worked for one year at French's Bookshop, prior to training at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. In the course of compiling this collection of fifty audition speeches from some of our finest contemporary playwrights, she interviewed a number of directors from small companies to major institutions. She has also compiled The Methuen Audition Book for Women.

Introduction

Road by Jim Cartwright

Our Country's Good by Timberlake Wertenbaker

Treehouses by Elizabeth Kuti

Massage by Michael Wilcox

Victoria by David Greig

Maydays by David Edgar

Junk by John Retallack, adpated from the novel by Melvin Burgess

The Genius by Howard Brenton

Sweet Panic by Stephen Poliakoff

The Sea by Edward Bond

Imagine Drowning by Terry Johnson

Gosforth's Fete (from Confusions) by Alan Ayckbourn

Strugglers by Richard Cameron

Rents by Michael Wilcox

A State Affair by Robin Soans

The Conquest of the South Pole by Manfred Karge

The Children by Edward Bond

Barbarians by Barrie Keeffe

Have I None by Edward Bond

Rat in the Skull by Ron Hutchinson

Beached by Kevin Hood

The Fire Raisers by Max Frisch

The Pitchfork Disney by Philip Ridley

One for the Road by Willy Russell

The Hunt for Red Willie by Ken Bourke

Spell # 7 by Ntozake Shange

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