Audition speeches : for 6-16 year olds / Jean Marlow.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marlow, Jean.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Acting--Auditions--Juvenile literature.

Acting.

Dramatic monologues--Juvenile literature.

Dramatic monologues.

Auditions--Juvenile literature.

Auditions.

Speeches, addresses, etc., English--Juvenile literature.

Speeches, addresses, etc., English.

Acting--Auditions.

Physical Description:

x, 133 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Theatre Arts Books/Routledge, 2000.

Summary:

Children audition everyday for television, film, and stage. "Audition Speeches for 6-16 Year Olds" offers a generous helping of carefully selected speeches that children can use to prepare for auditions. Arranging the selections by gender and age, Jean Marlow presents fifty-eight speeches both classic and new. Within these covers the reader will find Beatrix Potter * Roald Dahl * C.S. Lewis * A.A. Milne * Alan Ayckbourn * Athol Fugard * Carson McCullers * E.B. White * Many more. Each speech is introduced with commentary to set the scene and help the young actor. As a bonus, the author provides a brief introduction with tips for auditioning children (and their parents) Her first rule: Don't dress for the part. "Audition Speechs for 6-16 Year Olds" will give parents and coaches what every young actor needs.

Contents:

Artistic Director, Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough; playwright and director / Alan Ayckbourn 6

About Auditioning 8

Actress, Royal Shakespeare Company and Royal National Theatre / France Cuka 8

Actress, BBC Television and Royal National Theatre / Margo Selby 9

Director, National Youth Theatre / Edward Wilson 10

Television script writer / Richard Carpenter 10

Producer and director for film and television / Neville Green 11

Producer and director; previously Executive Producer of children's drama at the BBC / Richard Callanan 12

Children's Casting Director, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon / Barbara Roberts 14

Examiner, London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art; author; teacher of drama and performing arts / Carol Schroder, LLAM 15

Audition Speeches

Girls 6-8 18

Boys 6-8 34

Girls 9-10 50

Boys 9-10 64

Girls 11-13 76

Boys 11-13 88

Girls 14-16 102

Boys 14-16 114

Copyright Holders 129

List of Audition Speeches

Girls 6-8

(1) Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Lewis Carroll 18

(2) Have You Seen Zandile? / Gcina Mhlope, Maralin Vanrenen, Thembi Mtshali 20

(3) The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe / C.S. Lewis, Dramatised by Adrian Mitchell 22

(4) The Magic Mirror / E.C. Brereton 24

(5) The Mystery of the Pie and the Patty Pan / Beatrix Potter, Dramatised by Rona Laurie 26

(6) Tom Kitten and His Friends / Beatrix Potter, Dramatised by Adrian Mitchell 28

(7) Whizziwig / Malorie Blackman 30

(8) The Wild Swans / Hans Andersen, Dramatised by Rona Laurie 32

Boys 6-8

(1) Beauty and the Beast / Nicholas Stuart Gray 34

(2) Cider with Rosie / Laurie Lee, Dramatised by James Roose-Evans 36

(3) The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me / Roald Dahl, Dramatised by Vicky Ireland 38

(4) Hansel and Gretel / Jean Marlow 40

(5) The Red Balloon / Anthony Clark 42

(6) The Snow Queen / Jean Marlow 44

(7) Toad of Toad Hall / Kenneth Grahame, Dramatised by A.A. Milne 46

(8) The Witches / Roald Dahl, Adapted by David Wood 48

Girls 9-10

(1) The Borrowers / Mary Norton 50

(2) The Box of Delights / John Masefield 52

(3) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory / Roald Dahl, Dramatised by Richard R. George 54

(4) Daughters of Venice / Don Taylor 56

(5) The Demon Headmaster / Gillian Cross 58

(6) Kindertransport / Diane Samuels 60

(7) The Princess and the Goblin / George MacDonald, Dramatised by Stuart Paterson 62

Boys 9-10

(1) Fantastic Mr Fox / Roald Dahl, Dramatised by Sally Reid 64

(2) Flibberty and the Penguin / David Wood 66

(3) James and the Giant Peach / Roald Dahl, Dramatised by Richard R. George 68

(4) The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe / C.S. Lewis, Dramatised by Adrian Mitchell 70

(5) The Pied Piper / Adrian Mitchell 72

(6) The Railway Children / E. Nesbit 74

Girls 11-13

(1) Charlotte's Web / E.B. White, Dramatised by Joseph Robinette 76

(2) Invisible Friends / Alan Ayckbourn 78

(3) Mr A's Amazing Maze Plays / Alan Ayckbourn 80

(4) The Siege / Adrian Mitchell 82

(5) Six Primroses Each / Ellen Dryden 84

(6) The Worst Witch / Jill Murphy, Adapted by Paul Todd 86

Boys 11-13

(1) The Children's Ward / Ellen Dryden 88

(2) Ernie's Incredible Illucinations / Alan Ayckbourn 90

(3) George's Marvellous Medicine / Roald Dahl 92

(4) In Service / Ellen Dryden 94

(5) Jump For Your Life / Ken Whitmore 96

(6) Just William / Richmal Crompton 98

(7) The See-Saw Tree / David Wood 100

Girls 14-16

(1) Easter / August Strindberg, Translated by Peter Watts 102

(2) Eclipse / Simon Armitage 104

(3) In the Sweat / Naomi Wallace, Bruce McLeod 106

(4) The Power of the Dog / Ellen Dryden 108

(5) The Secret Garden / Frances Hodgson Burnett, Dramatised by Therese Kitchin 110

(6) The Witches / Roald Dahl, Adapted by David Wood 112

Boys 14-16

(1) Chicken Soup with Barley / Arnold Wesker 114

(2) Cider with Rosie / Laurie Lee, Dramatised by James Roose-Evans 116

(3) Eclipse / Simon Armitage 118

(4) In the Sweat / Naomi Wallace, Bruce McLeod 120

(5) 'Master Harold' ... and the Boys / Athol Fugard 122

(6) Oliver Twist / Charles Dickens 124

(7) The Winslow Boy / Terence Rattigan 126.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0878301143

OCLC:

45212459