"MONOLOGUES AND DUOLOGUES"

Radio Record, Volume VII, Issue 52, 5 July 1935, Page 22

"MONOLOGUES AND DUOLOGUES"

Interesting Little Book, Edited By Sydney Box

loouuemntumetmeennal T is suggested in the foreword by the editor, Sydney Box, that the contents of "Monologues and Duoljogues" may be used as. curtain-raisers for amateur productions, but it will be found that these plays are too short and simple to satisfy the sophisticated audiences of to-day in that capacity, Although these are unsuited to the use suggested, there is, however, . much ‘ valuable matter which can be used in other directions. Those interested in variety or vaudeville will find the lightning sketches contained here in such plays at Kate Stevens’s "Sabestian’s Saloon," in which every word starts with the letter "S," and "The Old School," by Lal Norris, seriously. worth considering, Another good twister is W. Tom Williams’s, "A Man of Letters," in which

the male character’s part consists of the 26 letters of the alphabet in their correct order, Societies which have, amongst other activities, one-act play and social evenings, have such plays at "Frigid Economy," J.: J. Bell; "The -Scoop," Stuart Ready; "The Colonel Qngages Bis Daughter," Inglis Allen; and several others, Child audiences will find great delight in the fantastie fable, "A Saint in the Making," by Laurence Houseman, and beginners have plays which will teach them the rudiments of acting, and at the same time be entertaining to their audiences. Concert artists and entertainers have not been forgotten either, and their store of monologues can be greatly enriched With such as "The Other," Dorothea Rock; and "The Old Actress," Ray Dorien, "Monologues and Duologues." -Hdited by Sydney Box. G, G. Harrap and Company. Our copy from the publishers. '