The Ultimate Scene and Monologue Sourcebook: An Actor's Guide to over 1000 Monologues and Dialogues from More Than 300 Contemporary Plays - Ed Hooks (2007)
APPENDIX
PLAYS REFERENCED IN THIS BOOK
ABSENT FRIENDS (1975)
by Alan Ayckbourn
ABSURD PERSON SINGULAR (1972)
by Alan Ayckbourn
AFTER THE FALL (1964)
by Arthur Miller
AGNES OF GOD (1979)
by John Pielmeier
AH, WILDERNESS! (1933)
by Eugene O’Neill
ALL MY SONS (1947)
by Arthur Miller
AMADEUS (1979)
by Peter Shaffer
AMEN CORNER, THE (1954)
by James Baldwin
AMERI/CAIN GOTHIC (1970)
by Paul Carter Harrison
AMERICAN BUFFALO (1976)
by David Mamet
AMERICAN PLAN, THE (1990)
by Richard Greenberg
ANASTASIA (1954)
by Marcelle Maurette
ANDERSONVILLE TRIAL, THE (1959)
by Saul Levitt
AND MISS REARDON DRINKS A LITTLE (1971)
by Paul Zindel
ANGELS IN AMERICA: A GAY FANTASIA ON NATIONAL THEMES, PART I: MILLENNIUM APPROACHES (1991)
by Tony Kushner
ANNA CHRISTIE (1921)
by Eugene O’Neill
ANOTHER ANTIGONE (1988)
by A. R. Gurney, Jr.
APPROACHING ZANZIBAR (1989)
by Tina Howe
ART (1996)
by Yasmina Reza
AUTUMN GARDEN, THE (1951)
by Lillian Hellman
BABY DANCE, THE (1998)
by Jane Anderson
BABY WITH THE BATHWATER (1984)
by Christopher Durang
BAD HABITS (1971; published 1974)
by Terrence McNally
BAREFOOT IN THE PARK (1963)
by Neil Simon
BEAR, THE (1888)
by Anton Chekhov
BEAU JEST (1994)
by James Sherman
BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE, THE (1996)
by Martin McDonagh
BEDROOOMS: FIVE COMEDIES (1986)
by Renée Taylor and Joseph Bologna
BELL, BOOK AND CANDLE (1951)
by John Van Druten
BENT (1978)
by Martin Sherman
BETRAYAL (1978)
by Harold Pinter
BETWEEN DAYLIGHT AND BOONVILLE (1979)
by Matt Williams
BEYOND THERAPY (1982)
by Christopher Durang
BIRDBATH (1965)
by Leonard Melfi
BIRDY (1997) Adapted by Naomi Wallace from the 1980 William Wharton novel
BITTER SAUCE (1998)
by Eric Bogosian
BLUE WINDOW (1984)
by Craig Lucas
BORN YESTERDAY (1946)
by Garson Kanin
BOSOMS AND NEGLECT (1979)
by John Guare
BOYS’ LIFE (1988)
by Howard Korder
BREAKING THE CODE (1986)
by Hugh Whitemore
BROOKLYN BOY (2004)
by Donald Margulies
BURN THIS (1987)
by Lanford Wilson
BUTLEY (1971)
by Simon Gray
CANDIDA (1903)
by George Bernard Shaw
CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF (1955)
by Tennessee Williams
CHAPTER TWO (1977)
by Neil Simon
CHASE, THE (1952)
by Horton Foote
CHEATERS (1972)
by Michael Jacobs
CHERRY ORCHARD, THE (1904)
by Anton Chekhov
CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD (1980)
by Mark Medoff
CHILDREN’S HOUR, THE (1934)
by Lillian Hellman
CLOSER (1997)
by Patrick Marber
COASTAL DISTURBANCES (1986)
by Tina Howe
COLORED MUSEUM, THE (1986)
by George C. Wolfe
COMANCHE CAFÉ (1976)
by William Hauptman
COME BACK, LITTLE SHEBA (1950)
by William Inge
COME BACK TO THE FIVE AND DIME, JIMMY DEAN, JIMMY DEAN (1982)
by Ed Graczyk
COUPLA WHITE CHICKS SITTING AROUND TALKING, A (1979)
by John Ford Noonan
COVER (1989)
by Jeffrey Sweet with Stephen Johnson and Sandra Hastie
CRIMES OF THE HEART (1979)
by Beth Henley
CROSSING DELANCEY (1987)
by Susan Sandler
CRUCIBLE, THE (1953)
by Arthur Miller
DANCE AND THE RAILROAD, THE (1981)
by David Henry Hwang
DANNY AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA (1983)
by John Patrick Shanley
DARK AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS, THE (1957)
by William Inge
DAY IN THE DEATH OF JOE EGG, A (1967)
by Peter Nichols
DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES (1958)
by J. P. Miller
DEATH AND THE MAIDEN (1991)
by Ariel Dorfman
DEATH OF A SALESMAN (1949)
by Arthur Miller
DEATH OF BESSIE SMITH, THE (1959)
by Edward Albee
DELICATE BALANCE, A (1966)
by Edward Albee
DINNER WITH FRIENDS (1998)
by Donald Margulies
DIVISION STREET (1980)
by Steve Tesich
DOES A TIGER WEAR A NECKTIE? (1969)
by Don Petersen
DOLL’S HOUSE, A (1879)
by Henrik Ibsen
DOUBT—A PARABLE (2004)
by John Patrick Shanley
DRAMA (adaptation by Michael Frayn, 1988)
by Anton Chekhov
DREAM GIRL (1945)
by Elmer Rice
DRESSER, THE (1980)
by Ronald Harwood
DUET FOR ONE (1980)
by Tom Kempinski
DYLAN (1964)
by Sidney Michaels
ECCENTRICITIES OF A NIGHTINGALE, THE (1964)
by Tennessee Williams
ECHOES (1963)
by N. Richard Nash
EDUCATING RITA (1981)
by Willy Russell
EFFECT OF GAMMA RAYS ON MAN-IN-THE-MOON MARIGOLDS (1970)
by Paul Zindel
EMPRESS OF CHINA (1984)
by Ruth Wolff
END OF THE WORLD WITH SYMPOSIUM TO FOLLOW, THE (1984)
by Arthur Kopit
ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE, AN (1882)
by Henrik Ibsen
ENTER LAUGHING (1963)
by Joseph Stein (adapted from Carl Reiner’s novel)
EQUUS (1973)
by Peter Shaffer
EVERYTHING IN THE GARDEN (1968)
by Edward Albee (adapted from the play by Giles Cooper)
EVILS OF TOBACCO, THE (1886 as On the Harmful Effects of Tobacco)
by Anton Chekhov (adaptation by Michael Frayn, 1988)
EXONERATED, THE (2002)
by Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen
EXTREMITIES (1980)
by William Mastrosimone
FALLEN ANGELS (1950)
by Noel Coward
FAR COUNTRY, A (1961)
by Henry Denker
FATHER’S DAY (1970)
by Oliver Hailey
FENCES (1985)
by August Wilson
FIRST BREEZE OF SUMMER, THE (1975)
by Leslie Lee
FOB (1981)
by David Henry Hwang
FOOL FOR LOVE (1983)
by Sam Shepard
FOX, THE (1981; based on D. H. Lawrence’s 1923 novella)
by Allan Miller
FRANKIE AND JOHNNY IN THE CLAIR DE LUNE (1987)
by Terrence McNally
GENIUSES (1983)
by Jonathan Reynolds
GETTING OUT (1977)
by Marsha Norman
GINGERBREAD LADY, THE (1970)
by Neil Simon
GIRL ON THE VIA FLAMINIA, THE (1954)
by Alfred Hayes
GLASS MENAGERIE, THE (1944)
by Tennessee Williams
GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS (1984)
by David Mamet
GOAT, THE (2000)
by Edward Albee
GOLDEN BOY (1937)
by Clifford Odets
GOOSE AND TOMTOM (1986)
by David Rabe
HATFUL OF RAIN, A (1955)
by Michael V. Gazzo
HEDDA GABLER (1890)
by Henrik Ibsen
HEIDI CHRONICLES, THE (1989)
by Wendy Wasserstein
HELLO AND GOODBYE (1965)
by Athol Fugard
HELLO OUT THERE (1941)
by William Saroyan
HERE WE ARE (1931)
by Dorothy Parker
HOOTERS (1978)
by Ted Tally
HOUSE OF BLUE LEAVES, THE (1971)
by John Guare
HOUSE OF RAMON IGLESIA, THE (1986)
by José Rivera
HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE (1997)
by Paula Vogel
HURLYBURLY (1984)
by David Rabe
HUSBANDRY (1984)
by Patrick Tovatt
I AM A CAMERA (1951)
by John Van Druten
I HATE HAMLET (1981)
by Paul Rudnick
IMMIGRANT, THE (1990)
by Mark Harelik
IMPASSIONED EMBRACES (1989)
by John Pielmeier
IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, THE (1895)
by Oscar Wilde
INDEPENDENCE (1984)
by Lee Blessing
I NEVER SANG FOR MY FATHER (1967)
by Robert Anderson
IN THE BOOM BOOM ROOM (1973)
by David Rabe
I OUGHT TO BE IN PICTURES (1980)
by Neil Simon
ISN’T IT ROMANTIC? (1983)
by Wendy Wasserstein
I STAND BEFORE YOU NAKED (1992)
by Joyce Carol Oates
IT HAD TO BE YOU (1982)
by Renée Taylor and Joe Bologna
JAR THE FLOOR (1997)
by Cheryl West
JOE TURNER’S COME AND GONE (1986)
by August Wilson
JOINED AT THE HEAD (1992)
by Catherine Butterfield
K2 (1982)
by Patrick Meyers
KATHY AND MO SHOW, THE: PARALLEL LIVES (1989)
by Mo Gaffney and Kathy Najimy
KEELY AND DU (1993)
by Jane Martin
KEY EXCHANGE (1986)
by Kevin Wade
KILLER JOE (1995)
by Tracy Letts
LADY AND THE CLARINET, THE (1980)
by Michael Cristofer
LANDSCAPE OF THE BODY (1978)
by John Guare
LARGO DESOLATO (1985)
by Václav Havel (adapted by Tom Stoppard, 1986)
LARK, THE (1952)
by Jean Anouilh (adapted by Lillian Hellman) (1955)
LAST OF THE RED HOT LOVERS (1969)
by Neil Simon
LAST SUMMER AT BLUEFISH COVE (1980)
by Jane Chambers
LAST YANKEE, THE (1991)
by Arthur Miller
LATER (1979)
by Corinne Jacker
LAUGHING WILD (1987)
by Christopher Durang
LES BELLES SOEURS—REVISED (1998 [original play 1965; produced, 1968])
by Michel Tremblay
LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES (1985)
by Christopher Hampton
LIE OF THE MIND, A (1985)
by Sam Shepard
LIFE AND LIMB (1983)
by Keith Reddin
LION IN WINTER, THE (1966)
by James Goldman
LIPS TOGETHER, TEETH APART (1991)
by Terrence McNally
LISBON TRAVIATA, THE (1989)
by Terrence McNally
LITTLE FOXES, THE (1939)
by Lillian Hellman
LOBBY HERO (2002)
by Kenneth Lonergan
LONELY IMPULSE OF DELIGHT, A (1997)
by John Patrick Shanley
LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT (written 1940; produced 1956)
by Eugene O’Neill
LOOK HOMEWARD, ANGEL (1957)
by Ketti Frings (based on Thomas Wolfe’s 1929 novel)
LOSS OF ROSES, A (1959)
by William Inge
LOST IN YONKERS (1991)
by Neil Simon
LOU GEHRIG DID NOT DIE OF CANCER (1970)
by Jason Miller
LOVER, THE (1963)
by Harold Pinter
LOVERS AND OTHER STRANGERS (1983)
by Renée Taylor and Joseph Bologna
LOVE SUICIDE AT SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, THE (1972)
by Romulus Linney
LUDLOW FAIR (1965)
by Lanford Wilson
LUV (1963)
by Murray Schisgal
MAN FOR ALL SEASONS, A (1960)
by Robert Bolt
MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM (1984)
by August Wilson
MARCO POLO SINGS A SOLO (1977)
by John Guare
MATCHMAKER, THE (1955)
by Thornton Wilder
M. BUTTERFLY (1988)
by David Henry Hwang
MIDDLE AGES, THE (1977; published in 1985)
by A. R. Gurney, Jr.
MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, THE (1956)
by Paddy Chayefsky
MISS JULIE (1888)
by August Strindberg
MISS LONELYHEARTS (1957)
by Howard Teichmann (adapted from Nathanael West’s novel)
MISS MARGARIDA’S WAY (1977)
by Roberto Athayde
MISTER ROBERTS (1948)
by Thomas Heggen and Joshua Logan
MODIGLIANI (1980)
by Dennis McIntyre
MONDAY AFTER THE MIRACLE (1982)
by William Gibson
MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN, A (1957)
by Eugene O’Neill
MRS. DALLY HAS A LOVER (1962)
by William Hanley
MRS. WARREN’S PROFESSION (1898)
by George Bernard Shaw
MURDER AT THE HOWARD JOHNSON’S (1979)
by Ron Clark and Sam Bobrick
NATURE AND PURPOSE OF THE UNIVERSE, THE (1975)
by Christopher Durang
NERD, THE (1980)
by Larry Shue
’NIGHT, MOTHER (1982)
by Marsha Norman
NIGHT OF THE IGUANA, THE (1961)
by Tennessee Williams
NORMAN CONQUESTS, THE—TABLE MANNERS (1973)
by Alan Ayckbourn
NOT ENOUGH ROPE (1962)
by Elaine May
NUMBER, A (2002)
by Caryl Churchill
NUTS (1980)
by Tom Topor
ODD COUPLE, THE (FEMALE VERSION) (1985)
by Neil Simon
ODD COUPLE, THE (ORIGINAL VERSION) (1965)
by Neil Simon
OF MICE AND MEN (1937)
by John Steinbeck
OH DAD, POOR DAD, MAMMA’S HUNG YOU IN THE CLOSET AND I’M FEELIN’ SO SAD (1960)
by Arthur Kopit
OLD TIMES (1971)
by Harold Pinter
OLEANNA (1992)
by David Mamet
ON GOLDEN POND (1978)
by Ernest Thompson
ONLY GAME IN TOWN, THE (1968)
by Frank D. Gilroy
ON THE OPEN ROAD (1992)
by Steve Tesich
OPEN ADMISSIONS (1984)
by Shirley Lauro
ORPHANS (1983)
by Lyle Kessler
OTHER PEOPLE’S MONEY (1989)
by Jerry Sterner
OTHERWISE ENGAGED (1975)
by Simon Gray
OUR LADY OF THE TORTILLA (1987)
by Luis Santeiro
PAINTING CHURCHES (1983)
by Tina Howe
PHILADELPHIA STORY, THE (1939)
by Philip Barry
PIANO LESSON, THE (1989)
by August Wilson
PICNIC (1953)
by William Inge
PILLOWMAN, THE (2003)
by Martin McDonagh
PIZZA MAN (1991)
by Darlene Craviotto
PLAY MEMORY (1984)
by Joanna M. Glass
PORCH (1979)
by Jeffrey Sweet
PRELUDE TO A KISS (1988)
by Craig Lucas
PRIMARY ENGLISH CLASS, THE (1976)
by Israel Horovitz
PRISONER OF SECOND AVENUE, THE (1971)
by Neil Simon
PRIVATE LIVES (1931)
by Noel Coward
PROMISE, THE (1994)
by José Rivera
PROOF (1998)
by David Auburn
PROPOSAL, THE (1889 as A Marriage Proposal)
by Anton Chekhov (adaptation by Michael Frayn, 1988)
P.S. YOUR CAT IS DEAD (1976)
by James Kirkwood
RAINMAKER, THE (1954)
by N. Richard Nash
RAISIN IN THE SUN, A (1959)
by Lorraine Hansberry
RED COAT, THE
by John Patrick Shanley
REUNION (1976)
by David Mamet
ROAD TO NIRVANA (1991)
by Arthur Kopit
ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD (1967)
by Tom Stoppard
SCENES AND REVELATIONS (1981)
by Elan Garonzik
SCENES FROM AMERICAN LIFE (1970)
by A. R. Gurney, Jr.
SEAGULL, THE (1896)
by Anton Chekhov
SEA HORSE, THE (1974)
by Edward J. Moore
SEXUAL PERVERSITY IN CHICAGO (1976)
by David Mamet
SHADOW BOX, THE (1977)
by Michael Cristofer
SHAPE OF THINGS, THE (2001)
by Neil Labute
SHIRLEY VALENTINE (1986)
by Willy Russell
SHIVAREE (1983)
by William Mastrosimone
SIGHT UNSEEN (1992)
by Donald Margulies
SILENT NIGHT, LONELY NIGHT (1959)
by Robert Anderson
SISTER MARY IGNATIUS EXPLAINS IT ALL FOR YOU (1980)
by Christopher Durang
SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION (1990)
by John Guare
SNOWANGEL (1962)
by Lewis John Carlino
SOCIAL EVENT, A
by William Inge
SORROWS OF STEPHEN (1980)
by Peter Parnell
SPEED-THE-PLOW (1988)
by David Mamet
SPINNING INTO BUTTER (1999)
by Rebecca Gilman
SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS (1961)
by William Inge
SPLIT SECOND (1984)
by Dennis McIntyre
SPOILS OF WAR (1989)
by Michael Weller
STEEL MAGNOLIAS (1987)
by Robert Harling
STILL LIFE (1980)
by Emily Mann
STRANGE SNOW (1982)
by Steve Metcalfe
STRANGEST KIND OF ROMANCE, THE (1945)
by Tennessee Williams
STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, A (1947)
by Tennessee Williams
SUBJECT WAS ROSES, THE (1964)
by Frank D. Gilroy
SUBSTANCE OF FIRE, THE (1992)
by Jon Robin Baitz
SUMMER AND SMOKE (1948)
by Tennessee Williams
SUMMER BRAVE (1962)
by William Inge
SURE THING (2007)
by David Ives
SWAN SONG (1889)
by Anton Chekhov
SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH (1959)
by Tennessee Williams
SYLVIA (1995)
by A. R. Gurney, Jr.
TAKE ME OUT (2002)
by Richard Greenberg
TAKEN IN MARRIAGE (1979)
by Thomas Babe
TALKING WITH… (1982)
by Jane Martin
TAPE (1993)
by José Rivera
TASTE OF HONEY, A (1958)
by Shelagh Delaney
TENTH MAN, THE (1959)
by Paddy Chayefsky
THAT CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON (1972)
by Jason Miller
TIME OF YOUR LIFE, THE (1939)
by William Saroyan
TOPDOG/UNDERDOG (2001)
by Suzan-Lori Parks
TOP GIRLS (1982)
by Caryl Churchill
TOUCH OF THE POET, A (written 1942; produced 1958)
by Eugene O’Neill
TOYER (1994)
by Gardner McKay
TOYS IN THE ATTIC (1960)
by Lillian Hellman
TRIBUTE (1978)
by Bernard Slade
TRIP BACK DOWN, THE (1975)
by John Bishop
TRUE WEST (1980)
by Sam Shepard
TWENTY-SEVEN WAGONS FULL OF COTTON (1945)
by Tennessee Williams
TWICE AROUND THE PARK (1982)
by Murray Schisgal
TWO ROOMS (1988)
by Lee Blessing
TWO SMALL BODIES (1977)
by Neal Bell
VALUE OF NAMES, THE (1982)
by Jeffrey Sweet
VIEUX CARRÉ (1977)
by Tennessee Williams
VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE, A (1955)
by Arthur Miller
VISIT, THE: A TRAGI-COMEDY (1956)
by Friedrich Durrenmatt
VITAL SIGNS (1990)
by Jane Martin
WAITING FOR LEFTY (1935)
by Clifford Odets
WAITING FOR THE PARADE (1977)
by John Murrell
WASH, THE (1985)
by Philip Kan Gotanda
WHAT I DID LAST SUMMER (1975; published 1983)
by A. R. Gurney, Jr.
WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? (1962)
by Edward Albee
WHOSE LIFE IS IT ANYWAY? (1978)
by Brian Clark
WILD HONEY (1984)
by Michael Frayn
WIT (1998)
by Margaret Edson
WOMEN, THE (1937)
by Clare Boothe Luce
WOOLGATHERER, THE (1979)
by William Mastrosimone
ZOOMAN AND THE SIGN (1979)
by Charles Fuller
ZOO STORY, THE (1958; produced 1960)
by Edward Albee