190 Pages
by
Routledge
This is an exciting collection of scenes from the most acclaimed and award-winning playwrights of the 1990s. It contains over 40 two-character scenes (for men/men and men/women), with the selection of scenes encompassing the widest range of styles from serious to comic and shades in between. A fuller appreciation of the dramatic context of the scenes is enhanced by the editors' introductions and... Read more
Notes to the Actors, Scenes for One Man and One Woman: The Beauty Queen of Leenane Martin McDonagh, Boys' Life Howard Korder, Broken Glass Arthur Miller, Closer Patrick Marber, Dog Opera Constance Congdon, The Heidi Chronicles Wendy Wasserstein, The Lodger Simon Burke, The Pitchfork Disney Philip Ridley, Raised in Captivity Nicky Silver, Shopping and F***ing Mark Ravenhill, Simpático Sam Shepard, Some Voices Joe Penhall, Two Jim Cartwright, The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband Debbie Isitt, Scenes for Two Men, Beautiful Thing Jonathan Harvey, The Cripple of Inishmaan Martin McDonagh, Dealer's Choice Patrick Marber, The Life of Stuff Simon Donald, The Lisbon Traviata Terrence McNally, Mojo Jez Butterworth, The Pitchfork Disney Philip Ridley, Search and Destroy Howard Korder, Serving it Up David Eldridge, Shopping and F***ing Mark Ravenhill, Simpático Sam Shepard, Speed-the-Plow David Mamet, Play Sources, Acknowledgements.
Biography
Michael Earley and Philippa Keil are the editors of The Classical Monologue, The Modern Monologue and The Contemporary Monologue, all available from Routledge.
"Libraries and faculty bookshelves are a good place to keep books such as the two under review (companion volume Contemporary Scenes for Actors: Women). They both include unknown material, along with noted plays and playwrights. The cuttings are well chosen and balanced. The comments by the editors are well thought out and informative." -- Choice
