The Big Book of Moliere Monologues: Hilarious Performance Pieces From Our Greatest Comic Playwright
Timothy Mooney, author of the new acting textbook "Acting at the Speed of Life; Conquering Theatrical Style" (described as an "exceedingly valuable... essential resource" by the Theatre Library Association) has given over a hundred thousand students their first introduction to Molière through his one-man play, "Molière Than Thou," which he now presents alongside his new one-man Shakespeare play, "Lot o' Shakespeare"  (featuring one monologue from every Shakespeare play). Mr. Mooney is the former founder and editor of The Script Review and was the Artistic Director of Chicago's Stage Two Theatre, where he produced nearly fifty plays in five years. When Stage Two turned to the classics, Mr. Mooney found himself writing new versions of the plays of Molière, with an impish sense of rhyme. He has now written seventeen iambic pentameter variations of the plays of Molière, produced around the world. High School productions of Mr. Mooney's "The Misanthrope," "The Miser," "The Imaginary Invalid," and "Tartuffe" have gone on to state finals in Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Virginia, North Carolina and Alabama, while his "Doctor in Spite of Himself," took third place in the Scottish Community Drama Association National Festival, and was a finalist at Italy's Sanremo Global Education Festival. Mr. Mooney continues to present his one-man shows across North America, including visits to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, where he has presented both Moliere Than Thou and Lot o' Shakespeare, as well as festival presentations around the United States and Canada. His newest one-man play, "The Greatest Speech of All Time," will be opening in May, 2012.