National Youth Theatre Monologues: 75 Speeches for Auditions: Speeches for Young People
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An exciting and invaluable collection of audition speeches, all chosen from plays produced by the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain, spanning more than sixty years as one of the world’s leading companies for young performers.
Featuring seventy-five monologues by acclaimed writers such as Zawe Ashton, Moira Buffini, Carol Ann Duffy, Brian Friel, James Fritz, James Graham, Dennis Kelly, Rebecca Lenkiewicz, Gbolahan Obisesan, Evan Placey, Sarah Solemani and Jack Thorne, the book offers rich and diverse roles ranging from teens to adults.
Each audition speech also comes with invaluable supporting material compiled by NYT Associate Artist Michael Bryher to help you perform the piece to its maximum effect, including:
- A detailed description of the play that the speech is originally from
- Contextual information such as what’s just happened in the play, where the monologue takes place, to whom the character is talking, and what their motivations are
- Things to think about when rehearsing and performing the speech
The book also provides extensive advice on choosing a speech, working on it and preparing for auditions, plus tips and first-hand insights into the monologues from current NYT members and alumni who’ve performed them.
An ideal resource for actors auditioning for drama school, the NYT or elsewhere, as well as those preparing for showcases or competitions, National Youth Theatre Monologues offers a wide and diverse range of roles, themes and styles meaning you’ll be able to find the speech that’s just right for you.
- Contextual information such as what’s just happened in the play, where the monologue takes place, to whom the character is talking, and what their motivations are
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Additional information
| Publisher | Nick Hern Books (11 Oct. 2018) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Paperback | 224 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1848426763 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1848426764 |
| Dimensions | 13.97 x 2.54 x 21.59 cm |
by TC
This book is very popular with my older students, from Yr7 all the way up to Yr11! Having a page about the play/scene is really useful for students to see if they’ll like the play before choosing the piece is really helpful.
by John Horncastle
I bought this for my daughter who had to perform a short piece from a play that had been produced in the last 50 years. Unfortunately many of the pieces are bits of workshop material (I.e. not from plays that have ever had a theatre run) and other pieces (such as the Michael Morpugo bits) are chunks prose from the novels not the dramatic versions that were produced for the stage or film).
by Just ju
Great to see my 17 year old with a book he can’t put down
by shezza
Needed course material
by Katrina Johnston
Nothing truly contemporary. Every speech is at least five years old. So many overdone speeches in this book. Nothing out of the box or interesting. May be an easy option for a GCSE monologue but nothing else in my opinion.
by Gail Knappett
Excellent, easy to use
by Libby Mcconnell
variety
by Yvonne Hunte
A superb book and a very happy teenager