For Women: Monologues They Havent Heard
by Susan Pomerance
Category: Performing Arts

From back cover, "Because a monologue comes from a great play it doesn't necessarily follow that it's a great monologue for you. The writing may be fine and literary but, from an actor's standpoint, there are other considerations. A great monologue for you is one which showcases you, lends itself best to your interpretation, makes auditors, instructors, and casting directors sit up and say, "Wow!". More often than not, monologues lifted from plays are, because they're lifted from plays - totally out of contextl They don't make a heck of a lot of sense unless delivered in relation to the total piece. Or unless you devote a great portion of your valuable, allotted time to exposition. A monologue pulled from a play is an abstract thing and usually, therefore, has no point of reference, no point o view, no beginin, middle and end, and is of an unspecified duration. Dramaline monologues, on the other hand, are of ideal durations, embrace contemporary subjects, have definite points of view, are written in today's speech, and have beginnings, middles, and ends. And they're not over-worked war-horses. They are fresh slices of modern life that will focus maximum attention on you. And they are presented in larger, readable type and spacing. They are also printed on non-glare, eye-easy paper. Every consideration has been taken to make Dramaline books easy on the actor, to make them readily usable, effective tools. The accent is on you!"