Once more unto the speech, dear friends : monologues from Shakespeare's first folio with modern text versions for comparison /

There has been a great change over the last twenty years in actor auditions, which now require the demonstration of enormous flexibility. The actor is often expected to show more range than ever before, and often several shorter audition speeches are asked for instead of one or two longer ones. To s...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Other Authors: Freeman, Neil
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Milwaukee, WI : Applause Theatre & Cinema Books ; Sales & distribution, Hal Leonard Corp., ©2006.
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Table of Contents:
  • v. 1. The comedies
  • General introduction
  • Preface and brief background to the first folio
  • Introduction
  • Principles applicable to all the plays
  • Exploring the comedies
  • Summary
  • How the three columns work visually
  • Speeches
  • Comedy of errors
  • Two gentlemen of Verona
  • The taming of the shrew
  • Love's labour's lost
  • A midsummer night's dream
  • The merchant of Venice
  • Much ado about nothing
  • The merry wives of Windsor
  • As you like it
  • Twelfth night
  • Measure for measure
  • All's well that ends well
  • The winter's tale
  • The tempest
  • v. 2. The histories
  • General introduction
  • Preface and brief background to the first folio
  • Introduction
  • Principles applicable to all the plays
  • Exploring the histories
  • Speeches
  • Henry VI Part 1
  • Henry VI Part 2
  • Henry VI Part 3
  • Richard III
  • King John
  • Richard II
  • Henry IV Part 1
  • Henry IV Part 2
  • Henry V
  • Henry VIII
  • v. 3. The tragedies
  • General introduction
  • Preface and brief background to the first folio
  • Introduction
  • Principles applicable to all the plays
  • Exploring the tragedies
  • Summary
  • How the three columns work visually
  • Speeches
  • Titus Andronicus
  • Romeo & Juliet
  • Julius Cæsar
  • Hamlet
  • Troylus & Cressida
  • Othello
  • Macbeth
  • Timon of Athens
  • King Lear
  • Coriolanus
  • Anthony & Cleopatra
  • Cymbeline.