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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.
A More Perfect Ten: Writing and Producing the Ten-Minute Play (2009) The Kennedy Center Presents: Best Student Plays of the American College Theatre Festival (2006) The New, Improved Playwright's Survival Guide (2005) Monologues for Men by Men vol. 1-3; Perfect Ten: Writing and Producing the Ten-Minute Play (2001)
Tongues is a 1978 play by Sam Shepard and Joseph Chaikin. [1] [2] [3] Tongues is a series of monologues set to percussion and meant for one actor.Shepard and Chaikin had previously agreed to do a piece surrounding the concept of the voice, and nearing completion of the piece, decided it required some kind of musical accompaniment.
Most importantly, it's their opening monologue that sets the tone for the night and gives the audience a bit of an idea of how the show is going to play out. Here are the 20 best SNL monologues ...
Penelope is a 2010 tragicomedy play written by Irish playwright Enda Walsh.The play concerns the attempts of four men seeking to win over Penelope in the absence of her warrior husband, Odysseus, who has been away for the previous twenty years fighting the Trojan wars.
The play was published in the 2004 edition of the Plays and Playwrights anthology series, [20] and monologues from it were excerpted in several books, including The Best Men's Stage Monologues of 2004. [23] [24] [25] The original working script for Cats Can See the Devil is in the collection of the New York Public Library for the Performing ...
Metcalf was praised for her performance as Darlene, particularly for her 20-minute monologue in the play's second act. [ 7 ] In 2005, the play was revived by the Barefoot Theatre Company at the Sargeant Theater in New York City under the direction of Eric Nightengale, who had assisted Malkovich in the 1984 revival.
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 ...