The very best modern monologues A collection of top audition pieces from today’s leading writers, published by Nick Hern Books

4 CONTEMPORARY MONOLOGUES FOR MEN ISBN: 978 1 85459 563 8 £9.99 paperback • 176pp Publication date: 23th Jan 2014

CONTEMPORARY MONOLOGUES FOR WOMEN /201 ISBN: 978 1 85459 564 5

1 £9.99 paperback • 176pp Publication date: 23rd Jan 2014 / edited by Trilby James 17 Some of the most popular and widely-used monologue books on the market, Nick Hern Books’ Good Auditions Guides help performers select and perform the audition piece that is best suited to their skills.

These latest additions to the series, edited by actress, director and drama teacher Trilby James, each contain fifty speeches, all written since the year 2000, by some of the most acclaimed and popular playwrights working today, including Mike Bartlett, , Jez Butterworth, , Caryl Churchill, debbie tucker green, Ella Hickson, , Bruce Norris, , Jack Thorne and Enda Walsh. The plays themselves were premiered at the very best theatres across the UK and Ireland including the National Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Bush, Soho and Hampstead Theatres, Manchester Royal Exchange, the Traverse in Edinburgh, the Abbey in Dublin, and many on the stages of the Royal Court.

Each speech is prefaced with a thorough introduction including the vital information performers need to know to place the piece in context and suggestions about how to perform the scene to its maximum effect. The books also feature an introduction on the whole process of selecting and preparing a speech, and approaching the audition itself.

The result is the most comprehensive and useful set of contemporary monologues available.

‘Sound practical advice for anyone attending an audition… a source of inspiration for teachers and students alike’ Teaching Drama Magazine on The Good Audition Guides

Trilby James trained as an actress at RADA. She worked extensively in theatre, film and television, before starting as a freelance director and teacher at several leading drama schools including ALRA, Arts Educational Schools, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, East 15, Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art where she is now an Associate Teacher. She is a script reader and dramaturg for Kali Theatre Company and press release release press has directed several play-readings for their ‘Talkback’ seasons.

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