New One-Act Plays for Acting Students: A New Anthology of Complete One-Act Plays for One, Two, or Three Actors

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 241 pages
• Published by: Meriwether Publishing
• Edition: 1st Edition February 2003
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 1566080843
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-1566080842
• Book Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Weighs: 12 ounces

From School Library Journal
Grade 7 Up-The short plays and monologues in this collection deal with many subjects-suicide, anorexia, abortion, mental illness, Vietnam, etc.-all topics that should evoke a high level of emotion from acting students. The selections range in effectiveness from the poignant "Mikey's Chair," in which a brother tries to come to terms with an accident that has left his sibling in a vegetative state, to the confusing "Clubs," which observes the lives of three childhood acquaintances over the course of time. There is some useful and affecting material here, but none of it is remarkable. Purchase only for collections specializing in the performing arts.
Ronni Krasnow, New York Public Library
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Reader Reviews
New One-Act Plays For Acting Students is a new anthology of over twenty modern one-act plays provides plays designed with teens in mind: play times are 8-15 minutes, each offers about 5 minutes acting time per character, and all are balanced roles which teach teens the basics of a good play and good acting skills. Highly recommended for young actors and their directors, New One-Act Plays For Acting Students is packed from cover to cover with high-caliber scripts which teach a variety of performance techniques.