ABSTRACT

Contemporary Scenes for Actors: Women collects scenes from the most acclaimed and award-winning playwrights of the 1990s. It contains over 40 two-character scenes (for women/women and women/men), with the selection of scenes encompassing the widest range of styles from serious to comic and shades in between.

A fuller appreciation of the dramatic context of the scenes is enhanced by the editors' introductions and commentaries. Each of the scenes offers the actor the opportunity to develop and explore the vital, dynamic and unique challenge of working with a partner on stage.

part |98 pages

Scenes for One Woman and One Man

chapter |8 pages

Boys' Life

chapter |8 pages

Broken Glass

chapter |7 pages

Closer

chapter |6 pages

Dog Opera

chapter |8 pages

The Lodger

chapter |8 pages

Simpatico

chapter |7 pages

Some Voices

chapter |7 pages

Two

part |83 pages

Scenes for Two Women