Hi... I'm currently trying to prepare my second audition speech for an audition at a drama school. I've already asked whether anybody can suggest useful websites or books for shakespearean pieces, but now i'd like to know if anybody can recommend a piece from their own experiences. Anybody had any success stories with a particular character within a play by Shakespeare? I've already played Hermia in a Midsummers night dream 3 times (talk about being type cast, lol!), but i'm open to any other female characters that would suit my age range! Any suggestions extremley welcome...I'm hitting the panic/nervousness stage of the dramatic process, haha. Audition is at the end of this month, eeeek!!
2007-03-05 01:57:54 · 6 answers · asked by Georgie M 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Performing Arts
(just to let those helping me know.... i've been specificaly asked by the drama school to prepare somthing that is my gender and age range.)
2007-03-05 03:05:20 · update #1
I think you could do Desdemona from Othello, especially the scene when she is asking Iago what to do. If you don't know the story I'll tell you in a nutshell, Desdemona and Othello have had a big fairytale romance, which overcame her father and the prejudice to Othello's colour. They are madly in love and have been for the beginning of the play. Iago, a soldier who works for Othello failed to get a promotion. He is angry and creates a revenge plan for Othello, one of the major aspects is making Othello think Desdemona is being unfaithful, he falls for this and suddenly becomes violent and withdrawn towards his wife, she is scared of losing him and is asking Iago, the very person arranging her own downfall. She's desperate and confused. You can find this scene in the play on act IV, scene 2, line 148. I've used this before and it worked for me.
Alternitivly I also use Romeo and Juliet when Juliet is mulling over the fact that her husband has killed her cousin, i find it a lot more powerful than the balcony scenes, this one is act III, scene 2, line 100. You can find both of these and more at the link below. I hope I've helped, break a leg!
2007-03-05 05:41:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Age has nothing to do with it. If you are really an excellent actress, you can act any age. And, as you have asked me (in a way) I feel that there is no more challenging speech than Lady Macbeth's speech (short though it is) on killing her baby, when Macbeth refuses to kill Duncan. I can't imagine how any woman can even say something like that, let alone say it as though she really means it, on stage or anywhere else, for that matter.
2007-03-05 02:33:39 · answer #2 · answered by Anpadh 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lady Macbeth has a nice monologue. The "out out damn spot" one when she is waiting for Macbeth to finish the deed. I've used it for a few auditions.
i agree it is tough to find female monologues in Shakespeare.
2007-03-05 10:37:27 · answer #3 · answered by pink orchid 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A good Shakespearean piece would have to be Romeo and Juliet it works every time. Oh! another good one is Hamlet.
2007-03-05 02:22:04 · answer #4 · answered by Reks17 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've used various monologues from "The Taming of the Shrew" successfully.
2007-03-05 10:57:21 · answer #5 · answered by cdaae663 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Portia in Merchant of Venice - "The quality of mercy is not strained..."
2007-03-05 02:10:52 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋