The Actors Book of Scenes from New Plays: 70 Scenes for Two Actors, from Todays Hottest Playwrights By texasbeerguide.com

This book of scenes is okay. I really wanted a selection that was geared for teenagers. This selection isn't bad, but just didn't suit my purposes. 0140104879 A little over used…but I'm glad the previous owner gave it so much use! Looking forward to reading it myself 0140104879

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Today's most exciting work for the stage is emerging far from Broadway's mainstream, at Off and Off off Broadway theaters, at regional companies around the country, and from abroad. Here is an up to the minute collection of scenesideally suited for both classroom and audition usefrom the best dramatists now being produced. The Actors Book of Scenes from New Plays: 70 Scenes for Two Actors, from Todays Hottest Playwrights

I've read a lot of scene books from my time in the theatre, but this one is probably one of the best that I've read. It has such a wide scope and range of different scenes and is a necessity for anyone serious about acting. 0140104879 FAST AND NEW 0140104879 Lane and Shengold have done a most credible job selecting and editing several pieces for scene study. There is a fine broad range of pieces ranging from the comic to the serious. And of course, there is a wide range of quality. Some scenes are fantastic (Strange Snow, The Nerd, Laundry and Bourbon) and others wretched (you be the judge). Obviously there is absolutely no substitute for reading the entire play, but often in the face of an acting class, time is of the essence.
However a warning I would give out is for all High School Acting teachers. Learning from experience, please understand that many of the scenes are racy and salty in their content. That is just a heads up for teachers wishing to build a scene study library which this certainly belongs. You don't necessarily have to censor, you just have to be aware. 0140104879 Would like to see scenes with 2 m and 1 w and vice versa. 0140104879 I was decieved by the title, Scenes from New Plays. The term new is this case is relative as the copyright is 1985. Still some pretty good scenes within, but of temporarily classic plays. Definitely not new. 0140104879