{"product_id":"act-normal-mark-wheeller-contemporary-monologues-9781913630607","title":"Act Normal: Mark Wheeller Contemporary Monologues","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAct Normal\u003c\/strong\u003e includes 31 contemporary monologues from \u003cem\u003eToo Much Punch For Judy\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHard To Swallow\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMissing Dan Nolan\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eI Love You\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMum - I Promise I Won’t Die\u003c\/em\u003e, G\u003cem\u003eame Over\u003c\/em\u003e … and many more of Mark’s plays and musicals.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eWritten with young performers in mind and available for classroom or audition use, they offer a range of characters and topics – both comic and serious - along with acting notes for each monologue. 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