Monologues from Shakespeare's First Folio for Any Gender

Curated by series editor Paul Sugarman from the Applause three-volume series, Once More unto the Speech, Dear Friends, edited by Neil Freeman, these monologues from Shakespeare's works are given new life and purpose for today's readers and actors alike.

There are twelve titles in this series, which is divided into four categories: monologues for younger men, monologues for older men, monologues for women, and monologues for any gender, the latter being a unique feature since most monologue books are compiled for either men or women.

Titles in the series:
Monologues from Shakespeare's First Folio for Any Gender: The Comedies
Monologues from Shakespeare's First Folio for Any Gender: The Histories
Monologues from Shakespeare's First Folio for Any Gender: The Tragedies
Monologues from Shakespeare's First Folio for Women: The Comedies
Monologues from Shakespeare's First Folio for Women: The Histories
Monologues from Shakespeare's First Folio for Women: The Tragedies
Monologues from Shakespeare's First Folio for Younger Men: The Comedies
Monologues from Shakespeare's First Folio for Younger Men: The Histories
Monologues from Shakespeare's First Folio for Younger Men: The Tragedies
Monologues from Shakespeare's First Folio for Older Men: The Comedies
Monologues from Shakespeare's First Folio for Older Men: The Histories
Monologues from Shakespeare's First Folio for Older Men: The Tragedies

Paul Sugarman is an actor, editor, writer, and teacher of Shakespeare. He is founder of the Instant Shakespeare Company, which presents annual readings of all of Shakespeare's plays in New York City. He worked with the Actors Shakespeare Company at New Jersey City University as a teacher and performer, working as a verse coach and assistant playmaster as well as appearing in many of their productions. For ASC he has published annotated acting editions of Hamlet, The Merchant of Venice, and The Three Musketeers. With the ATC Conservatory Players he has worked as dramaturg and actor. For Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, he edited John Russell Brown's publication of Shakescenes: Shakespeare for Two and The Applause Shakespeare Library, as well as Neil Freeman's Applause First Folio Editions and The Applause First Folio of Shakespeare in Modern Type. He has published pocket editions of all of Shakespeare's plays using the original settings of the First Folio in modern type for Puck Press. Sugarman received a BFA from New York University and studied with Kristin Linklater and Tina Packer at Shakespeare & Company.