1st Edition

Duologues for All Accents and Ages

Edited By Eamonn Jones, Jean Marlow Copyright 1997

    This is a volume of scenes for two characters, hence duologues. The authors have selected meaty scenes from major plays, as well as from a few wonderful ones not well known. Here Jack and Algernon in The Importance of Being Earnest, Yvan and Marc in Art, Cecile and the Marquise de Merteuil in Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Mozart and Constanze in Amadeus, as well as two-character scenes from The Killing of Sister George, Kindertransport, The Crucible, and dozens of other works. Duologues provide a concentrated way of practicing skills and encourage actors to listen and respond. Helpful advice is given in the book by contributors such as Tom Stoppard, April De Angelis and Don Taylor.

    Acknowledgments Foreword In Your Own Time Advice on Some of the Selections The Duologues Copyright Holders

    Biography

    Eamonn Jones is an actor who has appeared in the films Sweeney II (1978), A Nightingale Song in Berkeley Square (1979) and the TV miniseries A Taste for Death (1989). Jean Marlow is an experienced actor and teacher and is co-director of the Actor's Theatre School in London.