New One-Act Plays for Acting Students: A New Anthology of Complete One-Act Plays for One, Two, or Three Actors

by Norman A Bert PH.D., Deb Bert

Overview

This latest volume in a series of short play anthologies compiled by Deb and Norman Bert provides roles for almost any mix of students in an acting class. The plays in this drama book range in mood from serious and heavy to satiric comedy and farce. The heart of the book includes 15 scripts for two actors and five scripts for three actors. All the plays are eight to 15 minutes long and offer balanced roles with no walk-on parts. The playwrights are icons of the American avant-garde, writers who have contributed much to regional theatre over recent years. An excellent resource for classrooms and festival competition use, five monologues plus an extensive chapter about rehearsing add value to this book. A bibliography and guidelines on securing the rights to these scripts are also included.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781566080842
Publisher:	Meriwether Publishing, Limited
Publication date:	04/28/2003
Pages:	250
Product dimensions:	9.06(w) x 4.88(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	12 - 17 Years

Editorial Reviews

Gr 7 Up-The short plays and monologues in this collection deal with many subjects-suicide, anorexia, abortion, mental illness, Vietnam, etc.-all topics that should evoke a high level of emotion from acting students. The selections range in effectiveness from the poignant "Mikey's Chair," in which a brother tries to come to terms with an accident that has left his sibling in a vegetative state, to the confusing "Clubs," which observes the lives of three childhood acquaintances over the course of time. There is some useful and affecting material here, but none of it is remarkable. Purchase only for collections specializing in the performing arts.-Ronni Krasnow, New York Public Library Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

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