Reviews: Modern Junior Monologues by Stephanie Pearce & Jayne Pilling

Modern Junior Monologues is a book with over ‘60 stand-alone contemporary monologues’ for young performers between seven and 11. There is a page at the start explaining what a monologue is and the lengths of the chosen texts in the book vary, but none are more than a page. There is a wide range of genres explored, with some that would appeal to the more comic performer as well as more serious options.

Finding contemporary and accessible monologues for young actors can be difficult, so this book would prove useful for drama teachers and practitioners alike. I admit that looking through the monologues I presumed this text was aimed at performers younger than seven as some are very short and very basic, but I appreciate that this book caters for all abilities.