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Contemporary Scenes for Student Actors
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This collection of contemporary scenes provides the student actor, as well as professional and untrained performers, with material from some of the best plays ever written. Each selection contains critical information on characters, setting, and background to give a clear sense of what the play is about. Contemporary Scenes for Student Actors accommodates a wide variety of acting styles, from naturalistic to poetic to highly stylized, spanning a range of ages and a variety of locales, and incorporating excerpts of various lengths. Includes scenes from plays by · Woody Allen · Maxwell Anderson · Jean Anouilh · Simon Gray · John Guare · Lillian Hellman · Albert Innaurato · David Mamet · Mark Medoff · Arthur Miller · Miguel Pinero · David Rabe · Sam Shepard · Tennessee Williams · And many more!
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| Weight | 0.38 kg |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 2.62 × 12.88 × 19.59 cm |
| PubliCanadation City/Country | USA |
| ISBN 10 | 0140481532 |
| About The Author | Having taught acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute and at The Actors Studio, Michael Schulman now teaches at his own workshop in New York City. He has also written and directed a number of plays for Off and Off-Off Broadway theatre. He is director of The British-American Acting Academy, a school with braches in New York and London, dedicated to the synthesis of the best of British and American acting techniques. He is also chairman of the theatre department of The Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts. In addition to his theatrical career, he is a clinical and research psychologist who has held assistant professorship at Fordham and Rutgers universities. His PhD is from the City University of New York.Eva Mekler is both a playwright and a former actress who has performed on and off Broadway. Trained in psychology, with a master’s degree from New York University, she divides her time between her work as a clinician and writing. She is also the editor of The New Generation of Acting Teachers. |
| Table Of Content | AcknowledgmentsPrefaceHow to Approach a ScenePart I: Scenes for One Man and One WomanLovers and Other Strangers by Renee Taylor and Joseph BolognaA Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee WilliamsTwo for the Seesaw by William GibsonGemini by Albert InnauratoI Never Sang for My Father by Robert AndersonSexual Perversity in Chicago by David MametThe Lion in Winter by James GoldmanThe Crucible by Arthur MillerThe Owl and the Pussycat by Bill ManhoffSame Time, Next Year by Bernard SladeKingdom of Earth by Tennessee WilliamsThieves by Herb GardnerOtherwise Engaged by Simon GrayGolden Boy by Clifford OdetsThe Great White Hope by Howard SacklerA Cry of Players by William GibsonButterflies Are Free by Leonard GersheThe Dark at the Top of the Stairs by William IngeThe Tenth Man by Paddy ChayefskyWhen You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? by Mark Medoff27 Wagons Full of Cotton by Tennessee WilliamsHello Out There by William SaroyanThe House of Blue Leaves by John GuareThe Sea Horse by Edward J. MooreSerenading Louie by Lanford WilsonThe Trip Back Down by John BishopMoony's Kid Don't Cry by Tennessee Williams6 RMS RIV VU by Bob RandallDirty Hands by Jean-Paul Sartre, translated by Lionel AbelThe Goodbye People by Herb GardnerYou Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running by Robert AndersonDays of Wine and Roses by J. P. MillerDid You Ever Go to P.S. 43? by Michael SchulmanThe Only Game in Town by Frank D. GilroyThe Subject Was Roses by Frank D. GilroyAt Home by Conrad BrombergThe Tiger by Murray SchisgalLou Gehrig Did Not Die of Cancer by Jason MillerPart Two: Scenes for Two WomenIn the Boom Boom Room by David RabeHello from Bertha by Tennessee WilliamsThe Miracle Worker by William GibsonThe Killing of Sister George by Frank MarcusAntigone by Jean Anouilh, adapted by Lewis GalantiereThe Children's Hour by Lilian HellmanCurse of the Starving Class by Sam ShepardMoonchildren by Michael WellerFather's Day by Oliver HaileyThe Days and Nights of Beebee Fenstermaker by William SnyderThe Bad Seed by Maxwell AndersonNo Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre, translated by Stuart GilbertLadies at the Alamo by Paul ZindelThe Girl on the Via Flaminia by Alfred HayesThe Gingham Dog by Lanford WilsonPatio/Porch by Jack HeifnerAnd Miss Reardon Drinks a Little by Paul ZindelPart Three: Scenes for Two MenAmerican Buffalo by David MametA View from the Bridge by Arthur MillerEquus by Peter ShafferThe Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel by David RabePlay It Again, Sam by Woody AllenCat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee WilliamsButley by Simon GrayA Man for All Seasons by Robert BoltOne Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest by Dale WassermanShort Eyes by Miguel PiñeroLuv by Murray SchisgalA Thousand Clowns by Herb GardnerBecket (or The Honour of God) by Jean Anouilh, translated by Lucienne HillStreamers by David RabeDoes a Tiger Wear a Necktie? by Don PetersenA Hatful of Rain by Michael V. GazzoThe Boys in the Band by Mart CrowleyThe Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window by Lorraine HansberryInherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. LeeThe Wager by Mark MedoffHogan's Goat by William AlfredKnock Knock by Jules FeifferCount Dracula by Ted TillerThe Creation of the World and Other Business by Arthur MillerFamily Business by Dick GoldbergThe Private Ear by Peter ShafferDeathtrap by Ira LevinIndex |
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