The Modern Monologue

By Michael Earley

Book Overview

The great playwrights of the British, American and European theatre - and the plays most constantly performed are represented in this unique collection. Playwrights include: Ayckbourn, Bond, Beckett, Berkoff, Brecht, Coward, Fugard, Genet, Ionesco, Jarry, Miller, O'Neill, Orton, Osborne, Sartre, Shaw, Stoppard and Tennessee Williams plus many more.

A fuller appreciation of each speech is enhanced by the editors' introductions and commentaries that set the plays and individual speeches in their dramatic and performance contexts.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0413672107
• ISBN13: 9780413672100
• Release Date: December 1993
• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary