Monologues on Black Life

by Gus Edwards

Book Overview

Heinemann is proud to be publishing, for the first time, the complete text of Gus Edwards' remarkable Lifetimes on the Streets, in a volume with another collection of monologues. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0435070355
• ISBN13: 9780435070359
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Heinemann Drama
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 19 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

An eclectic collection of material for any serious thespian.

I am so glad I bought this book. It offers an array of monologues for the African American actor to develop. Gus delivers monologues that provide incredible insight to our culture and our everyday drama using some humor, reflection, and rebellion. The book has a section for monologues that are fresh and vibrant for any audition piece. Then it sections off to short scenes and character portrayals. The "Mavis" character is a challenge for any aspiring Lead Actress because we actually see the way in which she evolves through the consequences of her choices as though we are watching a complete production. The same type of personal development is portrayed with Derelict and other characters as well. This book has monologues for men as well as women of all age ranges. I absolutely love this book. Why then didn't I give it 5 stars? Well though the monologues are great-they are rather lengthy for an actor going to many auditions per day. They can generally take 4 to 7 minutes to perform. I don't consider myself good at cutting monologues short, and I would love for Gus to write some monologues 3 minutes and other.