1st Edition

Alternative Shakespeare Auditions for Men

By Simon Dunmore Copyright 1998

    Dunmore brings together fifty speeches for men from plays frequently ignored such as Titus Andronicus, Pericles, and Love's Labours Lost. It also includes good, but over-looked speeches from the more popular plays such as Octavius Caesar from Antony and Cleopatra, Leontes from The Winter's Tale and Buckingham from Richard III. With character descriptions, brief explanations of the context, and notes on obscure words, phrases and references, it is the perfect source for a unique audition.

    Chapter 1 Shakespeare – The Actors’ Writer; Chapter 2 The Lives and Times of Shakespeare’s People; Chapter 3 Auditioning Shakespeare; Part 1 The Speeches; Chapter 4 All’s Well that Ends Well; Chapter 5 Antony and Cleopatra; Chapter 6 Antony and Cleopatra; Chapter 7 Coriolanus; Chapter 8 Cymbeline; Chapter 9 Cymbeline; Chapter 10 Cymbeline; Chapter 11 Henry V; Chapter 12 Henry VI, part 1; Chapter 13 Henry VI, part 2; Chapter 14 Henry VI, part 2; Chapter 15 Henry VI, part 2; Chapter 16 Henry VI, part 2; Chapter 17 Henry VI, part 2; Chapter 18 Henry VIII; Chapter 19 Henry VIII; Chapter 20 King John; Chapter 21 Love’s Labour’s Lost; Chapter 22 Love’s Labour’s Lost; Chapter 23 Love’s Labour’s Lost; Chapter 24 Love’s Labour’s Lost; Chapter 25 Love’s Labour’s Lost; Chapter 26 The Merchant of Venice; Chapter 27 The Merchant of Venice; Chapter 28 The Merry Wives of Windsor; Chapter 29 Much Ado About Nothing; Chapter 30 Much Ado About Nothing; Chapter 31 Pericles; Chapter 32 Ríchard II; Chapter 33 Ríchard II; Chapter 34 Ríchard III; Chapter 35 Ríchard III; Chapter 36 Ríchard III; Chapter 37 Ríchard III; Chapter 38 The Taming of the Shrew; Chapter 39 The Tempest; Chapter 40 The Tempest; Chapter 41 The Tempest; Chapter 42 Titus Andronicus; Chapter 43 Titus Andronicus; Chapter 44 Titus Andronicus; Chapter 45 Troilus and Cressida; Chapter 46 Troilus and Cressida; Chapter 47 The Two Gentlemen of Veroma; Chapter 48 The Two Gentlemen of Veroma; Chapter 49 The Two Gentlemen of Veroma; Chapter 50 The Two Noble Kinsmen; Chapter 51 The Winter’s Tale; Chapter 52 The Winter’s Tale; Chapter 53 The Winter’s Tale;

    Biography

    Simon Dunmore is an experienced director and teacher. He is the author of An Actor's Guide to Getting Work.