The Ultimate Scene Study Series for Teens Volume 1: 60 Shakespeare Scenes (Young Actors Series) - Softcover

L. E. McCullough; Lisa Bansavage; Jill K. Swanson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1575253593 ISBN 13: 9781575253596

Publisher: Smith & Kraus Books for Kids, 2003

Synopsis

You can't beat a Shakespearean scene for an acting tune-up. The sixty scenes in The Ultimate Scene Study Series for Teens Volume 1 provide a key with which young actors can unlock a storehouse of emotional, technical, and interpretive skills. Material from twenty-seven plays are organized as scenes for two characters, three characters, four characters, and five or more characters. The introduction discusses rhetorical elements, imagery, themes, verse, and prose styles, subplots, and tips on playing Shakespearean characters.

About this title

About the Author:

LISA BANSAVAGE is an actress whose career comprises Broadway, Off-Broadway, regional theater, film, television, and national commercial credits including Master Class, The Sisters Rosenweig, and a third of the full Shakespearean canon as well as a role opposite Sir Anthony Quayle in the BBC-London production of An Exchange of Gifts. She is a graduate of Carnegie-Mellon University's theater conservatory and holds a Master's in Theater from the University of Pittsburgh where she was the Merrill Fellow.

L. E. McCULLOUGH, PhD is an educator, playwright, composer, and ethnomusicologist whose studies in music and folklore have spanned cultures throughout the world. He is the author of twenty books of plays, monologues, and scenes for Smith and Kraus. L. E. now has 17 titles in print for young actors.

JILL SWANSON is an actor and teacher with the Austin Shakespeare Festival in Austin, TX. She has been involved in several notable performances, including Desdemona in Othello, Oberon in A Midsummer's Night's Dream and Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing. Nothing has taught her more about performing Shakespeare than teaching kids for Austing Shakespeare Festival, St. Stephen's Episcopal School's Arts on the Lake program.

Review:

Of The Ultimate Audition Book for Teens Volume 1
"Young actors who have searched for audition material written in the voice of teenage characters will welcome this resource. . . . young performers will find much in this diverse compendium of characters and settings to use immediately . . . ----Booklist

Of The Ultimate Audition Book for Teens Volume 2
"This collection of monologues features relevant topics and issues that young people face, providing actors with a broad array of personalities to explore . . . A valuable resource for Teachers and Students alike." ----School Library Journal

Of The Ultimate Audition Book for Teens Volume 4
"Any teen looking for audition material will love this book. . . Lamedman provides both boys and girls with monologues . . .that allow them to use their acting abilities to the fullest." -- --School Library Journal

Of The Ultimate Audition Book for Teens Volume 2
"This collection of monologues features relevant topics and issues that young people face, providing actors with a broad array of personalities to explore . . . A valuable resource for Teachers and Students alike." ----School Library Journal

Of The Ultimate Audition Book for Teens Volume 4
"Any teen looking for audition material will love this book. . . Lamedman provides both boys and girls with monologues . . .that allow them to use their acting abilities to the fullest." -- --School Library Journal

Of The Ultimate Audition Book for Teens Volume 2
"This collection of monologues features relevant topics and issues that young people face, providing actors with a broad array of personalities to explore . . . A valuable resource for Teachers and Students alike." ----School Library Journal

Of The Ultimate Audition Book for Teens Volume 4
"Any teen looking for audition material will love this book. . . Lamedman provides both boys and girls with monologues . . .that allow them to use their acting abilities to the fullest." ----School Library Journal

About this edition

• Publisher: Smith & Kraus Books for Kids
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1575253593
• ISBN 13: 9781575253596
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 368
• Editor: L. E. McCullough, Lisa Bansavage, Jill K. Swanson