| Deepening Character Through Dialect | ix |
Section 1 | British (Standard and Cockney) | |
| Standard British Introduction | 2 |
| Standard British Film, Television, and Audio References | 5 |
| Standard British Elements and Sounds | 6 |
| Standard British Practice Sentences | 8 |
| Cockney British Introduction | 10 |
| Cockney British Film, Television, and Audio References | 12 |
| Cockney British Elements and Sounds | 13 |
| Cockney British Practice Sentences | 15 |
| Monologues for Women | |
| Almost Grown | 16 |
| Goodnight Children, Everywhere (3) | 18 |
| Great Expectations | 24 |
| The Gut Girls (2) | 26 |
| Low Level Panic | 30 |
| The Mill on the Floss | 32 |
| Relatively Speaking | 34 |
| Monologues for Men | |
| Almost Grown | 35 |
| Easy Access (For the Boys) (2) | 37 |
| Great Expectations | 40 |
| The Importance of Being Earnest | 42 |
| Ourselves Alone | 44 |
| Relatively Speaking (2) | 46 |
| Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead | 48 |
| Quartermaine's Terms (2) | 50 |
Section 2 | Irish | |
| Introduction | 56 |
| Irish Film, Television, and Audio References | 58 |
| Irish Elements and Sounds | 59 |
| Irish Practice Sentences | 61 |
| Monologues for Women | |
| A Little Like Paradise | 63 |
| The Lovers (2) | 65 |
| Our Lady of Sligo | 69 |
| Ourselves Alone (2) | 71 |
| The Steward of Christendom | 75 |
| Monologues for Men | |
| The Cripple of Inishmaan | 77 |
| A Handful of Stars | 79 |
| The Lovers (2) | 81 |
| Philadelphia, Here I Come | 86 |
| Red Roses and Petrol (2) | 88 |
| This Lime Tree Bower | 92 |
Section 3 | Russian | |
| Introduction | 96 |
| Russian Film, Television, and Audio References | 98 |
| Russian Sounds | 99 |
| Russian Practice Sentences | 100 |
| Monologues for Women | |
| The Love-Girl and the Innocent | 102 |
| Marriage (2) | 103 |
| The Seagull | 106 |
| The Shadow | 108 |
| Stars in the Morning Sky (2) | 110 |
| The Storm (3) | 114 |
| Monologues for Men | |
| The White Guard (or The Days of the Turbins) | 120 |
| Even the Wise Can Err | 122 |
| The Government Inspector | 125 |
| Marriage | 127 |
| More Sinned Against Than Sinning (2) | 129 |
| The Seagull | 133 |
| The Shadow | 135 |
Section 4 | American (New York) | |
| Introduction | 138 |
| New York Film, Television, and Audio References | 140 |
| New York Sounds | 142 |
| New York Practice Sentences | 143 |
| Monologues for Women | |
| Boys' Life | 145 |
| Brighton Beach Memoirs (2) | 146 |
| Dead End | 149 |
| Girl Gone | 150 |
| A Hatful of Rain | 152 |
| The Mineola Twins | 154 |
| The Monogamist | 157 |
| The Reincarnation of Jaimie Brown | 159 |
| Monologues for Men | |
| Biloxi Blues (3) | 161 |
| Boys' Life (2) | 167 |
| Brighton Beach Memoirs | 170 |
| Dead End (2) | 172 |
| A Hatful of Rain | 176 |
| The Indian Wants the Bronx | 168 |
Section 5 | American (Southern) | |
| Introduction | 182 |
| Southern Film, Television, and Audio References | 184 |
| Southern Sounds | 186 |
| Southern Practice Sentences | 187 |
| Monologues for Women | |
| A Bird of Prey | 188 |
| Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (2) | 190 |
| Curse of the Starving Class | 194 |
| Cyra and Rocky | 196 |
| The Darker Face of the Earth (2) | 198 |
| The Days and Nights of Beebee Fenstermaker | 202 |
| Early Dark | 204 |
| Graceland | 206 |
| The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek | 209 |
| Woman of Manhattan | 211 |
| Monologues for Men | |
| A Bird of Prey | 213 |
| Blessed Assurance (2) | 215 |
| Curse of the Starving Class | 219 |
| The Darker Face of the Earth (2) | 221 |
| Killer Joe | 225 |
| The Piano Lesson (3) | 228 |
| The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek | 234 |
Appendix | Classroom Exercises | |
| British (Standard and Cockney) Exercises | 238 |
| Irish Exercises | 241 |
| Russian Exercises | 242 |
| American (New York) Exercises | 243 |
| American (Southern) Exercises | 244 |
| Applying Dialect to a Role | 245 |
| Further Reading | 247 |
| Permissions | 249 |
| Special Thanks and Acknowledgments | 254 |