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One-Act Plays for Acting Students
Contributor(s): Bert, Norman A. (Editor)

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ISBN: 091626047X     ISBN-13: 9780916260477
Publisher: Meriwether Publishing
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Binding Type: Paperback
Published: December 1990
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Annotation: Twenty-three outstanding short length plays for a cast of one, two or three actors. No cuttings. Each play is a complete dramatic work. No walk-ons. All balanced roles. About five minutes acting time for each character. Performance times vary from eight to fifteen minutes. Each playscript written by a nationally known playwright. Plays offer a wide variety of acting roles and settings for classroom or stage performance. Scripts are excellent for secondary and university level forensic competitions. Also included in the text are sections on rehearsal techniques and procedures. The anthology offers a variety of performance rights options including royalty-free classroom use. Recommended as an exceptional text for playwriting, acting and general theatre classes. Some of the playwrights included are: Tim Kelly, Megan Terry, Stephen Grecco, Patricia Montley and Robert Patrick. Contents Include: Part I: Scripts, Part II: Securing Rights for Your Production, Part III: Rehearsing the Play, Part IV: Book List.
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BISAC Categories:
- Performing Arts | Monologues & Scenes
- Performing Arts | Acting & Auditioning
- Performing Arts | Theater - General
Dewey: 812.041
LCCN: 87042871
Physical Information: 0.75" H x 5.55" W x 8.53" L (0.90 lbs) 288 pages
Themes:
- Theometrics - Secular
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Twenty-three outstanding short length plays for a cast of one, two, or three actors are included in just one text. Absolutely no cuttings. Each play is a complete dramatic work. No walk-ons. All of the plays pride themselves on balanced roles with about five minutes acting time for each character. Performance times for the plays vary from eight to fifteen minutes. These shows, each written by a nationally known playwright, offer a wide variety of acting roles and settings for classroom or stage performance. The scripts are excellent for secondary and university level forensic competitions, as well. Also included in the text are sections on rehearsal techniques and procedures. The anthology offers a variety of performance rights options including royalty-free classroom use. This is recommended as an exceptional text for playwriting, acting, and general theatre classes. Some of the playwrights included are Tim Kelly, Megan Terry, Stephen Grecco, Patricia Montley, and Robert Patrick. These are just the short plays you have been looking for


Contributor Bio(s): Bert, Norman A.: - Norman A. Bert earned his Ph.D. at Indiana University, specializing in dramatic theory and criticism. He teaches playwriting and dramatic analysis at Texas Tech University. He has been actively involved in the Playwriting Awards Committee of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival and the Playwrights and Creative Teams Program of the Association for Theatre in Higher Education. Norman has written over thirty play scripts, most of which have been published and/or produced, and has authored several books including One-Act Plays for Acting Students, Play It Again: More One-Act Plays for Acting Students, The Scenebook for Actors, and Theatre Alive!, an anthology of world drama with historical introductions. In recent years Norman has focused on writing short scripts centering on religious subject matter and social justice topics such as ethnic relations and poverty. He lives in Lubbock, Texas with his partner Amy Kim and their standard poodle Tutu.
 
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