BOOKTOUR
AUDITION MONOLOGUES
and how to prepare for auditions
by
Adam Darius
Audition Monologues fulfils a longstanding demand for climactic
audition pieces. No longer do aspiring actors need to search in vain for
suitable audition material, trying to extract appropriate passages from
contemporary plays.
With his new book of original comic and dramatic monologues, Adam Darius
offers drama students a vast array of choice. With fifty monologues ranging
from potent tragedy to outlandish comedy, young actors will find, at their
fingertips, impacting playlets in which to frame their talent.
Preceding the monologues are three illuminating interviews. The first
of these is with celebrated actress Billie Whitelaw. Samuel Beckett's muse
for a quarter of a century, she recounts her fascinating working relationship
with the Nobel Prize winning playwright.
For the second interview, Drama Studio London director Peter Layton
offers his eminently practical advice on gaining acceptance into a drama
school. Finally, Robert Sutherland, accompanist to the incomparable Maria
Callas, contributes his matchless counsel on preparing a song for auditions.
Additionally, in a subsequent chapter, Adam Darius imparts his own invaluable
pointers on how to prepare for that all-important audition.
"An absolutely indispensable asset for any student auditioning
for drama school... The subjects found in these pieces are, in some cases,
so powerful you may find yourself stopping for a moment, as did I, to recover...
"Anyone wishing to enter the profession must immediately convince
the jury of his or her ability to reach the heart of an audience. Adam
Darius has, in Audition Monologues, given the student the living
material to do just that."
Araceli Uriarte,
BBC World Service producer, London
Sample pages
In UK £9.95
In Finland 16 euros
Paperback, 128 pages
45 photographs
ISBN 951-98232-0-4
Published 2000
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