The book of cuttings for acting and directing
"Designed for both actors and directors, The Book of Cuttings for Acting & Directing offers a wide range of scenes for sharpening your theatre skills... In one text you have cuttings that range from ancient Greek drama to modern experimental plays, encompassing different periods, styles, and character types. Arranged by number of players, these cuttings suit the needs of any group... Introductions to each cutting set the scene, provide relevant details about the playwright, plot, and period, and suggest approaches to interpretation and direction. Questions at the end of each cutting encourage actors and directors to probe characterization and motivation and to analyze movement and staging. A special section at the beginning of the text addresses the needs of apprentice directors."--Back cover
Print Book, English, ©1989
National Textbook Co., Lincolnwood, Ill., USA, ©1989
monologues
x, 195 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
9780844251202, 0844251208
19495981
Preparing the cuttings
Monologues for men: In white America / Martin B. Duberman
Ties / Marsh Cassady
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark / William Shakespeare
Monologues for women: In white America / Martin B. Duberman
Oh Dad, poor Dad, Mamma's hung you in the closet and I'm feelin' so sad / Arthur Kopit
The Trojan women / Euripides
Miss Julie / August Strindberg
Cuttings for two women: Two gentlemen of Verona / William Shakespeare
Hedda Gabler / Henrik Ibsen
On Golden Pond / Ernest Thompson
The effect of gamma rays on man-in-the-moon marigolds / Paul Zindel
Antigone / Sophocles
Cuttings for two men: Blue earth / Arthur Winfield Knight
Othello, the Moor of Venice / William Shakespeare
A thousand clowns / Herb Gardner
Two gentlemen of Verona / William Shakespeare
The way of the world / William Congreve
Cuttings for one man and one woman: A thing of beauty / Charles Kray
The taming of the shrew / William Shakespeare
Arms and the man / George Bernard Shaw
The tattoo parlor / Louis K. Phillips
Fashion / Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie
Cyrano de Bergerac / Edmond Rostand
Cuttings for three persons: The beggar's opera / John Gay
The imaginary invalid / Molière
Death of a salesman / Arthur Miller
Riders to the sea / John Millington Synge
Blood wedding / Federico García Lorca
Cuttings for mixed groups: Middle of the night / Paddy Chayefsky
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark / William Shakespeare
The time of your life / William Saroyan
Arms and the man / George Bernard Shaw