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A young man tries to fit into the family of his abusive father who left him as a child.

"During his career as a director, Simon Dunmore has seen well over ten thousand auditions performed - many of them based on the same speeches. This latest collection of speeches from Shakespeare's plays has been carefully selected and edited to provide fresh and unusual audition material for the actor." "This book brings together another fifty speeches for men from plays frequently ignored such as Cymbeline, King John and Henry VIII. It also includes...

An elderly man, poet Bruce Nugent, meets a young, black, gay artist struggling to find his voice. Together they embark on a journey through Nugent's inspiring past.

Mohsen, "the bastard", was found in a dustbin 30 years ago by his adoptive father, and has always been rejected by the residents of the rundown district where he lives. When he is fired from his job, a mobile phone company comes to install a relay tower on the roof of his modest house in exchange for a monthly stipend, Bastardo has a reversal of fortune. The aerial makes Mohsen a wealthy and respected man, to the disgruntlement of the village mobster...

The embattled Wingfield family: Amanda, a faded southern belle, abandoned wife, dominating mother, who hopes to match her daughter with an eligible "gentleman caller;" Laura, a lame and painfully shy, she evades her mother's schemes and reality by retreating to a world of make-believe; Tom's sole support of the family, he eventually leaves home to become a writer but is forever haunted by the memory of Laura. The only single edition now available...

In the face of political correctness and the feminist movement, renowned stand-up comedian, scriptwriter and satirist Rick Najera dares to proclaim--tongue in cheek, of course--that machos are regular guys, too. In The Pain of the Macho, Najera has assembled an ensemble cast of quintessential Latin Lovers or wannabes who pour out their souls in side-splitting monologues. But the zing in the punch line hits us when we realize that melodramatic, teary-eyed...

In this witty exploration of gay relationships, thirty-something friends Paul, Matt, and Will converge at the seaside for a relaxing holiday weekend, each with a boyfriend in tow. Paul (James Dreyfus) brings his lover Ben (Mark Sands), but their five-year relationship is on the rocks due to Paul's continued moodiness over the death of his brother Mark. Matt (Michael Urwin) brings Owen (Andrew Ableson), with whom he wants a lifelong relationship, but...

A compilation of 49 modern monologues, written by international male artists with diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds, focuses on the notion of maleness and the ways in which male actors express themselves theatrically.

The romance of a middle-aged clothing manufacturer and a young girl.