Library Guides: COMM201: Oral Interpretation of Literature: Find Drama

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Raugust Library uses the Dewey Decimal System to organize and classify books. Drama can be found on the second floor in Dewey numbers

812 (American drama)
822 (English drama)

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The Ultimate Scene and Monologue Sourcebook by Ed Hooks (Editor)
Call Number: 808.8245 H764u
This sourcebook provides context for actors when reading for auditions. Full scene analyses for over 1000 monologues and dialogues from more than 300 plays are provided.
The Ultimate Audition Book: 222 Monologues 2 Minutes and Under by Jocelyn A. Beard (Editor)
Call Number: 808.8245 UL8
Choice selections from mostly major dramatic works. Written from the 15th through the late 20th century, these excerpts derive from some of the world's great dramatists, including Moliere, Mercy Warren, Oscar Wilde, Eugene O'Neill, Christopher Durang, and Harold Pinter.
Women's Comedic Monologues That Are Actually Funny by Alisha Gaddis (Editor)
Call Number: 808.8245 W842g
Sixty monologues by writers and comics who have written for or performed on Chelsea Lately, Carson Daly, the Tonight Show, Last Comic Standing, the Comedy Central Stage, and many more.
LGBTQ Comedic Monologues That Are Actually Funny by Alisha Gaddis (Editor)
Call Number: 808.8245 L599
Features works by LGBT writers and comics (and their allies) who have written and/or performed for Comedy Central, Backstage Magazine, NBC, the Huffington Post, the Onion, Second City, E!, and many more.
One on One: The Best Men's Monologues of the 21st Century by Rebecca Dunn Jaroff, Bob Shuman, & Joyce E. Henry (Editors)
Call Number: 808.8245 On21
These monologues - sometimes comic, sometimes serious, and often both - tackle issues ranging from race, class, gender, relationships and romance to coming of age, mortality, 9/11, and the Iraq war.
Monologues for Actors of Color by Roberta Uno (Editor)
Call Number: 808.8245 M755un
Collection featuring a set of 45 monologues for women, excerpted from contemporary plays and specially geared for actors of color.
More Scenes and Monologs from the Best New Plays by Roger Ellis (Editor)
Call Number: 808.8245 M813
Contains new works from plays produced in the U.S. and Europe. Offers young actors a broad spectrum of challenges with contemporary styles and relevant topics in a variety of lengths.
Twenty One-Act Plays by Stanley Richards (Editor)
Call Number: 808.82 T918r
Short plays by such writers as Tennessee Williams, Bernard Shaw, William Saroyan, and August Strindberg, ranging from comedy and farce to serious drama.
Interacting: 60 Short Drama Scripts for Developing skills in Drama, Performance and Getting on with People by Edward Denniston
Call Number: 371.399 D425i
Sixty short, original, and engaging drama scripts, useful to anyone involved in formal or informal drama teaching and production.
The Big Book of Dramatized Classics
Call Number: 812.008 B48dc
Presents stage adaptations of A Tale of Two Cities, The Wizard of Oz, Wuthering Heights, Treasure Island, Alice in Wonderland, Anne of Green Gables, Moby Dick, Great Expectations, and others.
Best Ten-Minute Plays - 2014 by Lawrence Harbison (Editor)
Call Number: 812.008 B46t
In this volume you will find fifty terrific new ten-minute plays, all successfully produced during the 2013-2014 theatrical season. Some are realistic; some comic; and some are dramatic.

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Monologues for POC (Skidmore College)
A collection of classic and contemporary monologues for people of color, both men and women.
The Monologue Project
An online resource featuring 30 original monologues from nationally recognized playwrights, specifically for women of the African Diaspora.
11 Female Dramatic Monologues
From the Monologue Blogger.
Film Speeches and Monologues
Over 900 famous English-language film monologues, listed by year each film was released.
Free Female Monologues
Audition monologues for women.
10 Monologues from POC Characters