6The Oberon Book of Modern Duologues brings together over fifty extracts from some of the finest plays of the last twenty years, from the unique roster of the UK's leading independent drama publisher. With specially selected dialogues by essential modern dramatists such as Meredith Oakes, Laura Wade, Chris O'Connell, Torben Betts, Lisa Evans, Howard Barker, Richard Bean, and Tanika Gupta, The Oberon Book of Modern Duologues is a unique and useful resource for amateur, student and professional actors alike, participating in acting classes, contests, auditions and rehearsals. Edited by Catherine Weate, the book is helpfully arranged according to gender suitability - Female/Female, Male/Male, Female/Male - and sets the plays and extracts in their dramatic and performance context.