Nick Philpott

This title will be useful to those in college Shakespeare classes who are delving deep into research, but it may be a little too dry and too much for everyday readers.

This is a great resource for anyone with an interest in the art of writing for the page or the stage; full of insights for all varieties of artists, not just for theater.

The Best Men's Stage Monologues and Scenes, 2012, is appropriate for a college performing arts library or an educational theater but not necessarily any better or worse than any similar volume. Best Women's is much more slapdash than its companion volume for men, plus there are many other monolog/scene collections that are better than this one. Not recommended unless there are no other resources available.

This title may have a place at a college arts library, but there are cheaper collections with much better selections.