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Aswan; Brownie; Jekyll & Hyde by Evan Placey; Florence; Kes by Barry Hines, adapted for the stage by Lawrence Till; Billy; Killing Time by Barrie Keeffe; Paul; The Kitchen by Arnold Wesker; Paul; The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby 214 by Charles Dickens, adapted by David Edgar; Narrator; Liminal by Rebecca Manley; Lorna; Simon; Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs by David Halliwell; Ann; Ingham; Scrawdyke; Murder in the Cathedral by T. S. Eliot; Thomas Becket; Women of Canterbury; Oedipus the King by Sophocles, translated by Don Taylor; Oedipus

Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons, adapted for the stage by Paul Doust; Flora; Mr Neck; Consensual by Evan Placey; Diane; Freddie; Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel; Kate; Michael; DNA by Dennis Kelly; Leah; Richard; The Dream Ticket by Christopher Short; Kitty; Dumped by Daragh Carville; Franco; Eating Ice Cream on Gaza Beach by Shelley Silas; Rami; Electricity by Miriam Battye; Gus; India; The Fall by James Fritz; Two; Flood by Rory Mullarkey; Nat; Roil; Fluffy Rabbit by Paul Charlton; Boy; Harm's Way by Zawe Ashton; Dawn; The Holyland by Daragh Carville; Rob; Inside by Philip Osment

Foreword; Introduction; Commentary Guidance; Exercises; 2:18 Underground by Laurie Sansom & the NYT company; Ariadne; Neil; The Astronaut Wives Club by Al Smith; Betty Grissom; Mary Engle; Balls by Sarah Solemani; Carly; Besieged: A Play About War and the Everyday by Aisha Zia; Anna; Black & White by Al Smith; Corrina; Blood Wedding by Federico García Lorca, translated by Gwynne Edwards; Bride; Blue Moon Over Poplar by Rebecca Lenkiewicz; Peter; Shirley; The Class by Luke Barnes; Wayne

Our Days of Rage written and devised by and for the NYT company; Dee; Out of Me by Jane Bodie; Billie; Sasha; Outright Terror Bold and Brilliant by Dan Rebellato; Simone; Pigeon English by Stephen Kelman, adapted for the stage by Gbolahan Obisesan; Harri; Harri; Prince of Denmark by Michael Lesslie; Laertes; Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo, adapted for the stage by Simon Reade; Charlie; Molly; Tommo; Razia Sultan by Jamila Gavin; Razia; Relish by James Graham; Eddie; The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid, adapted for the stage by Stephanie Street; Changez; Ripple by Monsay Whitney

Ronnie; Sleep-Deprived Mum; Silence by Moira Buffini; Ethelred; Skunk by Zawe Ashton; Slinky; Slick by Ali Taylor; Joe; Stars Over Kabul by Rebecca Lenkiewicz; Razia Mother; Tallman by Dominic McHale; Mum; Naz; Tory Boyz by James Graham; Nicholas; UnStoned by Amy Evans; Tilt; The Volunteer by Michael Arditti; Mrs Small; When You Cure Me by Jack Thorne; Rachel; Whose Shoes by John Hoggarth; Fin; The World's Wife by Carol Ann Duffy; Mrs Tiresias; Pilate's Wife; Wuthering Heights by Emily Bront?e, adapted for the stage by Stephanie Street; Cathy; Zigger Zagger by Peter Terson; Harry; Glossary.

An exciting and invaluable collection of audition speeches, all chosen from plays produced by the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain, spanning more than sixty years as one of the world's leading companies for young performers.Featuring seventy-five monologues by acclaimed writers such as Zawe Ashton, Moira Buffini, Carol Ann Duffy, Brian Friel, James Fritz, James Graham, Dennis Kelly, Rebecca Lenkiewicz, Gbolahan Obisesan, Evan Placey, Sarah Solemani and Jack Thorne, the book offers rich and diverse roles ranging from teens to adults.Each audition speech also comes with invaluable supporting material - compiled by NYT Associate Artist Michael Bryher - to help you perform the piece to its maximum effect -- Source other than Library of Congress.