The Methuen Book of Modern Monologues for Men by Chrys Salt (Editor)

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Synopsis

In this book is a selection of speeches drawn from the great landmark plays of the twentieth century. It collects pieces by the most famous playwrights of the British, American and European theater, including George Bernard Shaw, Bertolt Brecht, Jean Paul Sartre, Dario Fo, Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, Tom Stoppard, Terence Rattigan, J.M. Synge, and many -others, in excerpts from the plays most constantly performed on stages around the world. Here are monologues of all types-serious and comic, naturalistic and absurdist-to provide a dynamic challenge for any actor: student, amateur or professional.

Chrys Salt has been a performer in Rep, West End, TV and radio. She runs her own theatre company and teaches regularly at the London Actors Centre.

Biography

Chrys Salt has been a performer in Rep, touring theater, the West End, and on TV. She now directs in theatre and sound, and has written several books, plays, and documentaries. She runs her own theatre company and teaches regularly at the London Actors Centre.