Duo! Best Scenes for the 90s (Applause Acting Series)

Forthrightly addressed to actors looking for good audition material, this hefty helping of two-character interactions from recent successful plays belongs in libraries serving acting communities, to be sure. Given its big, wide-ranging selection, however, the book's not just for actors. Anyone interested in dramatic literature may find it a handy tool for selecting new playwrights to study or new candidates to consider for the next night of theatergoing. With excerpts from hits by the likes of A. R. Gurney, Athol Fugard, Christopher Durang, Beth Henley, David Henry Hwang, Harvey Fierstein, and Cynthia Heimel, neither actor, student, nor theatergoer can go wrong. Ray Olson

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Horvath et al have collected 100 or so of the best scenes for student study, class work, and general "Whitman's Sampler" of modern plays out there for our enjoyment. By giving approximate character ages, and by dividing into gender combinations, the book is a readily accessible scene study book for any level of acting or theatre appreciation.