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Performance & Acting

Select Randall Library and other research resources for performance and acting.

Speech, Accents & Dialects

Shakespeare's Words: A Glossary and Language Companion by David Crystal
Call Number: eBook
Speaking Shakespeare by Patsy Rodenburg
Call Number: PN2071.S65 R64 2002

British Library Sounds: Accents and Dialects
Dialects and accents found in the United Kingdom. Includes first recordings of speech, survey of dialects, and UCL phonetic recordings.
International Dialects of English Archive (IDEA)
Primary source recordings of English-language dialects and accents from 120 countries and territories.
Speech Accent Archive (George Mason University)
The speech accent archive uniformly presents a large set of speech samples from a variety of language backgrounds.

Auditions

Acting and Auditioning for the 21st Century: Tips, Trends, and Techniques for Digital and New Media by Stephanie Barton-Farcas
Call Number: eBook
Winning Auditions: 101 Strategies for Actors by Mark Brandon
Call Number: PN2071.A92 B73 2005
Acting for the Camera by Peter Allen Stone
Call Number: eBook

Auditioning for Camera
Documentary DVD: PN2071.A92 A95 2003
Auditioning for the Actor
Documentary DVD: PN2071.A92 A94 2008

Improv

Expressive Actor: Improvisation
Streaming Online Access

Improvise: Scene from the Inside Out by Mick Napier; Stephen Colbert (Foreword by)
Call Number: PN2071.I5 N35 2004
Improvising Cinema by Gilles Mouellic
Call Number: eBook
The Second City Almanac of Improvisation by Anne Libera; Second City, Inc. (Other Primary Creator)
Call Number: PN2071.I5 S43 2004

Monologues

Drama Online
A digital library of the most studied, performed, and critically acclaimed plays from the last 2,500 years. Visit Drama Online to explore play texts and read "context & criticism."
Our access privileges do not include all play texts, or the audio plays or filmed productions. If a particular play text is unavailable, request a copy via ILL at https://library.uncw.edu/ill

The Methuen Book of Comic Monologues for Women by Katy Wix; Jennifer Saunders (Foreword by)
Call Number: PN2080 .W59 2014
Monologues for Actors of Color: Men by Roberta Uno (Editor); Margaret Odette (Editor)
Call Number: PN2080 .M535 2016
Monologues for Actors of Color: Women by Roberta Uno (Editor)
Call Number: eBook
Monologues for Actors of Color: Women by Roberta Uno (Editor)
Call Number: PN2080 .M536 2016
Play the Scene: The Ultimate Collection of Contemporary and Classic Scenes and Monologues by Michael Schulman (Editor); Eva Mekler
Call Number: PN2080 .P59 2004

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