Table of Contents

* Preface

* About Auditioning

* What auditioners look for:

Rumu Sen Gupta, Don Taylor, Sophie Marshall, Gillian Diamond, Gerry O'Hara, Richard Callanan, Allan Foenander, Peter Aldersley

* Audition speeches:

Blood Relations, Sharon Pollock

Boesman and Lena, Athol Fugard

Breezeblock Park, Willy Russell

The Cherry Orchard, Anton Chekhov

The Country Wife, William Wycherley

Cymbeline, William Shakespeare

Daughters of Venice, Don Taylor

Dead Dad Dog, John McKay

Death of a Salesman, Arthur Miller

Death of a Salesman, Arthur Miller

The Devil's Disciple, George Bernard Shaw

Diff'rent, Eugene O'Neill

A Doll's House, Henrik Ibsen

An Echo in the Bone, Dennis Scott

An Echo in the Bone, Dennis Scott

Five Finger Exercise, Peter Shaffer

Ghosts, Henrik Ibsen

Good Morning Miss Millie, Aldwyn Bully

Happy Jack, John Godber

Hello and Goodbye, Athol Fugard

Hindle Wakes, Stanley Houghton

Hippolytus, Euripides

Kennedy's Children, Robert Patrick

King John, William Shakespeare

Long Day's Journey into Night, Eugene O'Neill

Luther, John Osborne

A Map of the World, David Hare

A Map of the World, David Hare

A Map of the World, David Hare

Master Harold and the Boys, Athol Fugard

Master Harold and the Boys, Athol Fugard

The Merchant of Venice, William Shakespeare

Night and Day, Tom Stoppard

Night and Day, Tom Stoppard

Night Must Fall, Emlyn Williams

Nil Carborundum, Henry Livings

Once a Catholic, Mary O'Malley

Once a Catholic, Mary O'Malley

Orpheus Descending, Tennessee Williams

Philadelphia, Here I Come! Brian Friel

The Playboy of the Western World, JM Synge

A Prayer for My Daughter, Thomas Babe

Retreat from Moscow, Don Taylor

The Rivals, Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Ross, Terence Rattigan

Rutherford and Son, Githa Sowerby

Someone Who'll Watch Over Me, Frank McGuinness

Someone Who'll Watch Over Me, Frank McGuinness

Sweet Bird of Youth, Tennessee Williams

Titus Andronicus, William Shakespeare

* Useful Addresses

* Copyright Holders

Promotional Information

Jean Marlow has brought together 50 extracts, both modern and classical, all selected because they require or can be performed in a particular accent. There is an introductory section showing how to prepare and give your best performance at an audition and comments from directors giving their advice on how to audition successfully.

About the Author

Jean Marlow, with her co-director Eamonn Jones, has run The Actors' Theatre School in London for several years and is an experienced actress and teacher. All the selections in this book have been tried and tested by her students.