Forty fantastic female speeches for teenagers, all written since the year 2000, by some of the most exciting and acclaimed writers working today. Whether you're applying for drama school, taking an exam, or auditioning for a professional role, it's likely you'll be required to perform one or more monologues, including a piece from a contemporary play. It's vital to come up with something fresh that's suited both to you – in order to allow you to express who you are as a performer – and to the specific purposes of the audition. In this invaluable collection you'll find forty speeches by leading contemporary playwrights including Andrew Bovell, Nadia Fall, Vivienne Franzmann, James Fritz, Stacey Gregg, Arinzé Kene, Cordelia Lynn, Lynn Nottage, Chinonyerem Odimba, Evan Placey, Jessica Swale and Tom Wells, from plays that were premiered at many of the UK's most famous and respected venues, including the National Theatre, Shakespeare's Globe, Manchester Royal Exchange, Royal Court Theatre, Bush Theatre, and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and VAULT Festival. Drawing on her experience as an actor, director and teacher at several leading drama schools, Trilby James introduces each speech with a user-friendly, bullet-point list of ten things you need to know about the character, and then five ideas to help you perform the monologue. This book also features an introduction to the process of selecting and preparing your speech, and approaching the audition itself. 'Sound practical advice for anyone attending an audition… a source of inspiration for teachers and students alike' Teaching Drama Magazine on The Good Audition Guides
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Contemporary Monologues for Teenagers: Female
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INTRODUCTION
Rory
from A Hundred Words for Snow by Tatty Hennessy
Gillian
from Amongst the Reeds by Chinonyerem Odimba
Oni
from Amongst the Reeds by Chinonyerem Odimba
Jean
from August: Osage County by Tracy Letts
Leah
from Bird by Laura Lomas
Tess
from Blue Stockings by Jessica Swale
Daughter
from Bodies by Vivienne Franzmann
Megan
from Broken Biscuits by Tom Wells
Poppy
from Brute by Izzy Tennyson
Lydia
from Crushed Shells and Mud by Ben Musgrave
Samira
from Echoes by Henry Naylor
Tillie
from Echoes by Henry Naylor
Doll
from Epic Love and Pop Songs by Phoebe Eclair-Powell
Two
from The Fall by James Fritz
Cara
from Fast by Fin Kennedy
Kayleigh
from Folk by Tom Wells
Girl with Shoulder Pads
from Girls Like That by Evan Placey
Molly
from Glitter Punch by Lucy Burke
Asian Young Mum
from Home by Nadia Fall
Eritrean Girl
from Home by Nadia Fall
Joanne
from Little Baby Jesus by Arinzé Kene
Amber
from Little Gem by Elaine Murphy
Becky
from Mogadishu by Vivienne Franzmann
Qadira
from Multitudes by John Hollingworth
Rachel
from My Name is Rachel Corrie, taken from the writings of Rachel Corrie, edited by Alan Rickman and Katherine Viner
a.
from Natives by Glenn Waldron
Chloe
from One For Sorrow by Cordelia Lynn
Lin Han
from Pandas by Rona Munro
Amber
from Picnic at Hanging Rock by Tom Wrigh...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- Introduction
- Rory: from A Hundred Words for Snow by Tatty Hennessy
- Gillian: from Amongst the Reeds by Chinonyerem Odimba
- Oni: from Amongst the Reeds by Chinonyerem Odimba
- Jean: from August: Osage County by Tracy Letts
- Leah: from Bird by Laura Lomas
- Tess: from Blue Stockings by Jessica Swale
- Daughter: from Bodies by Vivienne Franzmann
- Megan: from Broken Biscuits by Tom Wells
- Poppy: from Brute by Izzy Tennyson
- Lydia: from Crushed Shells and Mud by Ben Musgrave
- Samira: from Echoes by Henry Naylor
- Tillie: from Echoes by Henry Naylor
- Doll: from Epic Love and Pop Songs by Phoebe Eclair-Powell
- Two: from The Fall by James Fritz
- Cara: from Fast by Fin Kennedy
- Kayleigh: from Folk by Tom Wells
- Girl with Shoulder Pads: from Girls Like That by Evan Placey
- Molly: from Glitter Punch by Lucy Burke
- Asian Young Mum: from Home by Nadia Fall
- Eritrean Girl: from Home by Nadia Fall
- Joanne: from Little Baby Jesus by Arinzé Kene
- Amber: from Little Gem by Elaine Murphy
- Becky: from Mogadishu by Vivienne Franzmann
- Qadira: from Multitudes by John Hollingworth
- Rachel: from My Name is Rachel Corrie, taken from the writings of Rachel Corrie, edited by Alan Rickman and Katherine Viner
- a.: from Natives by Glenn Waldron
- Chloe: from One For Sorrow by Cordelia Lynn
- Lin Han: from Pandas by Rona Munro
- Amber: from Picnic at Hanging Rock by Tom Wright, adapted from Joan Lindsay’s novel
- Lisa: from Plastic by Kenneth Emson
- Dean: from Pronoun by Evan Placey
- Pocahontas: from Ramona Tells Jim by Sophie Wu
- Ramona: from Ramona Tells Jim by Sophie Wu
- Salima: from Ruined by Lynn Nottage
- Camelia: from Russian Dolls by Kate Lock
- Kes: from Scorch by Stacey Gregg
- Theresa: from Scuttlers by Rona Munro
- Nora: from Space Wang by Tom Wells
- Rosie: from Things I Know To Be True by Andrew Bovell
- Dido: from The Wardrobe by Sam Holcroft
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