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He originated and popularised many songs, sketches and monologues in his music hall acts and made both sound [2] and visual [3] recordings of some of his work shortly before he died. Although brief, Leno's recording period (1901–1903) produced around thirty recordings on one-sided shellac discs using the early acoustic recording process. [ 2 ]
The legendary comic and Seinfeld creator's monologue was nothing shy of classic Larry David. Comparing commonalities with Quasimodo and speaking on the disturbing trends he's noticed about the men ...
A Few Good Men (1989), by Aaron Sorkin; The Fifth Column (1938), by Ernest Hemingway; Finishing the Picture (2004), by Arthur Miller; First Love (1961), by Samuel A. Taylor; The Floating Light Bulb (1981), by Woody Allen; The Flying Machine: A One-Act Play for Three Men (1953), by Ray Bradbury; Fools (1981), by Neil Simon; Fortitude (1968), by ...
Defending the Caveman is a comedy play written by American actor and comedian Rob Becker about the misunderstandings between men and women. Defending the Caveman has been seen in theaters around the world by more than eight million people in forty-five countries. It has been performed in over thirty languages. [1]
Newman and Baddiel both made observational comedy monologues to camera, in sets representing their respective flats. Their monologues were usually done independently from one another, but occasionally they would share scenes. The monologues were mingled with numerous sketches and recurring characters. These included:
Actor Christopher Walken performing a monologue in the 1984 stage play Hurlyburly. In theatre, a monologue (from Greek: μονόλογος, from μόνος mónos, "alone, solitary" and λόγος lógos, "speech") is a speech presented by a single character, most often to express their thoughts aloud, though sometimes also to directly address another character or the audience.
It's no accident that much of this breathless comedy of neuroses at the Westside Theater is made up of monologues, even though there are nearly always at least two people onstage." [7] The play was nominated for the Outer Critics Circle Award as Outstanding Off-Broadway Play, and won the Obie Award, Performance for Tom McGowan. [8]
This is a list of notable deadpan comedians and actors who have used deadpan as a part of their repertoire.Deadpan describes the act of deliberately displaying a lack of or no emotion, commonly as a form of comedic delivery to contrast with the ridiculousness of the subject matter.