Description

Have you ever struggled to find the perfect monologue?
Do you want to lose yourself in an unforgettable story?
Do you want to be…transported?

Philip Ridley’s The Vespers is a major work by a major writer. 100 original, self-contained monologues for actors (and readers) of all genders, all ages, and all levels of experience. Varying in length, style and structure – from the surreally comic to the heartbreakingly tragic – this is an essential toolkit for any actor (or anyone who enjoys a good story) with an introduction by Cath Badham, Lecturer in Performance at the University of Derby, UK.

Publisher Review

The Vespers is utterly amazing. Ridley's writing is marvelously precise and constantly surprising in its twists and turns. At every point he manages to evoke ideas and feelings that are both thrilling and true. It's a supreme achievement by the most innovative and exciting contemporary British writer, whose words dazzle, make you think of the unthinkable, and tune you into wild and wonderful emotions that seem to echo from beyond the text. Read and be transported. * Aleks Sierz * Ridley is delving into a sulphurous imagination for some of the most potent and indelible images you're likely to find this side of sleep * Scotland on Sunday * Philip Ridley doesn't write plays so much as dark hallucinations in which the world is skewed through his penetrating vision, so we look at it through new eyes * Guardian *