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Summary: A classic on *creating* your own monologue...
Review: I expected more from this book. I don't know who all of Mrs. Friedman's students have been but I do know that Willem Dafoe trained with her. I didn't feel that I needed 200 pages or so to show me how to lift a monologue from a scene. The way she composed most of the monologues was pretty bad also. I do, however, think that it is important to show beginning actors how to compose a monologue from existing material. Also, her personalization exercises(i.e. words and pictures) were fairly weak. I think that The Monologue Workshop by Jack Poggi is a bit of a better book. The bad thing about books like this is that they try to cram imformation about monologue work and an entire course on acting into one book. That just doesn't work. Another book that's pretty good is Larry Silverburg's book Loving to Audition.
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Summary: Disappointed
Review: I expected more from this book. I don't know who all of Mrs. Friedman's students have been but I do know that Willem Dafoe trained with her. I didn't feel that I needed 200 pages or so to show me how to lift a monologue from a scene. The way she composed most of the monologues was pretty bad also. I do, however, think that it is important to show beginning actors how to compose a monologue from existing material. Also, her personalization exercises(i.e. words and pictures) were fairly weak. I think that The Monologue Workshop by Jack Poggi is a bit of a better book. The bad thing about books like this is that they try to cram imformation about monologue work and an entire course on acting into one book. That just doesn't work. Another book that's pretty good is Larry Silverburg's book Loving to Audition.
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Summary: A classic on *creating* your own monologue...
Review: I think what other reviewers missed about this book is that its intention is to teach the reader to *create* their own monologue from the dialogue of a scene. Most monologues are boring diatribes on some story (I remember the time I...) and they don't work well in an audition. Ginger worked with Michael Shurtleff (author of "Audition") for several years as a casting director...she knows her stuff. This book shows you how to create an *active* monologue using dialogue between two characters. The examples from "old plays" are classics that are still performed regularly. They are not intended for use...they are examples of how to pull dialogue from a play to use as an audition. An excellent book, and highly recommended from a working professional actor. See also "Callback" by Ginger Friedman.
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Summary: Eh, borrow if from someone, it's not worth buying
Review: This book covers some basic info on the "monologue" and has many interesting pages about monologues and the audition process. The monologues aren't that great and it's not worth the effort to study them. I hope this helps...
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Summary: Eh, borrow if from someone, it's not worth buying
Review: This book covers some basic info on the "monologue" and has many interesting pages about monologues and the audition process. The monologues aren't that great and it's not worth the effort to study them. I hope this helps...
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Summary: Well.....
Review: When I bought this book, I think I expected more than what I got... It was somewhat helpful... There are actually only about 30 pages of info on monologues. The rest is just a bunch of worthless scenes from old plays.
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