TY - BOOK AU - Shengold,Nina TI - The actor's book of contemporary stage monologues SN - 0140096493 U1 - 808.82 20 PY - 1987/// CY - New York PB - Penguin Books KW - Monologues N1 - "A Smith and Kraus Inc. book."; The actor's nightmare / Christopher Durang -- Aunt Dan and Lemon / Wallace Shawn -- Birdbath / Leonard Melfi -- Bosoms and neglect / John Guare -- The dance and the railroad / David Henry Hwang -- Gemini / Albert Innaurato -- Lakeboat / David Mamet -- Loose ends / Michael Weller -- Old times / Harold Pinter -- Reckless / Craig Lucas; School Library Journal; Kirkus Review; Young Adult; Follett Library Resources N2 - A collection of monologues from the 1960s to the 1980s that may be used for auditions and classwork. Included are works from off-Broadway, off-off-Broadway, and regional theaters written by authors such as Tennessee Williams, Sam Shepard, David Rabe, Charles Fuller, and Landford Wilson ER -