Soliloquy!: The Shakespeare Monologues - Women (Applause Acting Series)

By William Shakespeare, Philippa Keil, Michael Earley

Your one-stop classical workshop At last, over 175 of Shakespeare's finest and most performable monologues taken from all thirty-seven plays are here in two easy-to-use volumes (Men and Women). Selections travel the entire spectrum of the great dramatist's vision, from comedies, wit and romances, to tragedies, pathos and histories.

Soliloquy is an excellent and comprehensive collection of Shakespeare's speeches. Not only are the monologues wide-ranging and varied, but they are superbly annotated. Each volume is prefaced by an informative and reassuring introduction, which explains the signals and signposts by which Shakespeare helps the actor on his journey through the text. It includes a very good explanation of blank verse, with excellent examples of irregularities which are specifically related to character and acting intentions. These two books are a must for any actor in search of a 'classical' audition piece.'- Elizabeth Smith, Voice Director, Juilliard

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0936839791
• ISBN13: 9780936839790
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: Applause Books
• Length: 221 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

Soliloquy -- The Shakespeare Monologues

Excellent and thorough. Just what I needed to find Shakespeare monologues to use for my acting class.

Not just for actors

This compact little book, and its companion volume (same editors) of Shakespeare monologues for women, are wonderful resources for anyone who likes to memorize poetry. Learning verse, rather than just reading verse, is tremendously rewarding: think of it like stocking a pond with fish so you've got food for thought for the rest of your life.The book is thin, covers all the "best bits" of Shakespeare for memorization, and has all the explanatory & interpretive notes you need to understand them. Highly, highly recommended.

An excellent resource

Here is an excellent resource for finding Shakespearean monolouges. Earley and Keil have made superb selections and provided the actor with helpful annotation, glossaries and summaries. Of course reading and performing these pieces effectively ultimately requires the actor to read the entire work in order to build a proper context, this volume proves most helpful.

HELPFUL

This book is very helpful in the memorization of the Monologues. It has full footnotes and even guidelines on how to act out the lines. If it weren't for this book I highly doubt I would have gotten as many Shakespearean parts as I have.

Michael Earley bird gets the worm!

LET ME TELL YOU SPORTS FANS!This book kicks a caribou's booty