100 Great Monologues from the Neo-Classical Theater (Monologue Audition Series) - Softcover

Jocelyn A. Beard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1880399601 ISBN 13: 9781880399606

Publisher: Smith & Kraus, 1994

Synopsis

Revolution and the beginnings of social change provided world theatre with sharp new minds whose voices are collected in this book which includes the best of Moliere, Racine, Corneille, John Dryden, William Congreve, Oliver Goldsmith, George Farquhar, and Henry Fielding.

About this title

About the Author:

Playwright/Editor Jocelyn A. Beard, a veteran of NYU's film school and the Yale School of Drama, has edited almost forty monologue books for Smith and Kraus. Her Screenplay, Igor and the Lunatics, was made into a feature film and subsequently listed in Heavy Metal magazine as "One of the 10 Sleaziest Movies Ever Made!" Notwithstanding, Jocelyn lives in an old haunted house in the Hudson River Valley with her husband, Kevin Kitowski, their beautiful daughter, Blythe, and lots of dogs.

Review:

..very serviceable and excellently composed volumes...imaginative selections...an inspired collection. --Booklist

About this edition

• Publisher: Smith & Kraus
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 1880399601
• ISBN 13: 9781880399606
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 200
• Editor: Jocelyn A. Beard