Overview
Playwrights featured include Alexi Kaye Campbell, Helen Edmundson,
Vivienne Franzmann, Sam Holcroft, Anna Jordan, Chloë Moss, Rona Munro,
Lynn Nottage, Evan Placey and Jessica Swale, and the plays themselves
were premiered at the very best theatres across the UK including the
National Theatre, Manchester Royal Exchange, Shakespeare's Globe, and
the Almeida, Bush, Soho, Royal Court and Tricycle Theatres.
Drawing on her experience as an actor, director and teacher at
several leading drama schools, Trilby James equips each duologue with a
thorough introduction including the vital information you need to place
the piece in context (the who, what, when, where and why) and
suggestions about how to perform the scene to its maximum effect
(including the characters' objectives).
The collection also features an introduction on the whole process of
selecting and preparing a duologue, and how to present it to the
greatest effect. The result is the most comprehensive and useful
contemporary duologue book of its kind now available.