Lets finally guarantee its rights to all of our citizens. Tis foolishness, I ween,To overstep in aught the golden mean. An Ideal Husband - Oscar Wilde 1906 Audition Monologs for Student Actors 2 - 2008 In a way, I put all my romanticism into that one night, and I was never able to feel all this again. Read the play here Student Edition|Regular Edition, A monologue from the play by Frank Wedekind. Watching for any kind of reaction. Sir, call to mindThat I have been your wife, in this obedience,Upward of twenty years, and have been blestWith many children by you: if, in the courseAnd process of this time, you can report,And prove it too, against mine honour aught,My bond to wedlock, or my love and duty,Against your sacred person, in Gods name,Turn me away; and let the foulst contemptShut door upon me, and so give me up. I never lied to you, I am 23. Don't be a slacker! I mean Do I really care if a handful of my poems are read after Im gone? Me with no education. I am your pupil, your first, best and greatest pupil. (talking, through tears, about the last minutes with Shelby) I stayed there. I knew that I must die,Een hadst thou not proclaimed it; and if deathIs thereby hastened, I shall count it gain.For death is gain to him whose life, like mine,Is full of misery. After the wedding she moved in. % With all my heart, I love you. Its been 226 years since then. Or, or some broad that you picked up after three belts of booze. 2 0 obj You - glow - with some kind of - thing - I can't acquire that - this - thing - sort. I thought, Thats true love. ;Qj>uLyCjpjrBciJ. if Chimne ever has Rodrigo for a husband, my hope is dead and my spirit, is healed. No one lives forever? As always.read the entire script before performing your monologue. And if you cant work up a winter passion for me, the least I require is respect and allegiance! A monologue from the tv series created by Vince Gilligan. But I've been 23 since the year 1954. Mules 6. But slowly, your brain begins to erase every memory that ever brought you joy. A monologue from the screenplay by Robert Harling. Undine has really been through hell. monologue she tries to get her Mother on her side. You say you love me, but doesnt love mean being available to a person? Only sky above us now. Never! of - glows off you - like a veil - in reverse - you're like anyone's soul mate - because you have that -. I loved you as long ago as the time I asked you to read the stone angels with your fingers. (Male/Female) 9. said], that the choice of [a warrior of] such rare merit should cost my passion such great anguish? You will live to watch your daughter rot, to watch that beautiful face collapse to bone and dust all the while contemplating the choices youve made. I can take off any day this week and Ill pay for it out of my own pocket. A woman talks about falling in love and the bitterness that comes after it fails. Yea, for these laws were not ordained of Zeus,And she who sits enthroned with gods below,Justice, enacted not these human laws.Nor did I deem that thou, a mortal man,Couldst by a breath annul and overrideThe immutable unwritten laws of Heaven.They were not born today nor yesterday;They die not; and none knoweth whence they sprang.I was not like, who feared no mortals frown,To disobey these laws and so provokeThe wrath of Heaven. But there are too many scruples, and my reason is alarmed at the contempt of a choice so worthy; although to monarchs only my [proud] birth may assign me, Rodrigo, with honor I shall live under thy laws. There would be no way, Michael no way you could ever forgive me not with this Sicilian thing thats been going on for 2,000 years. When I was a girl, my father held a ball. Oh, I don't know. 2 0 obj And I find that reassuring. Anger, which I guess is a variation of rage and sometimes it gives way to panic, which in my case is also a variation of rage. This collection of powerful and original monologues for African American men and women offer a refreshing alternative to recycled standards. Each finger, my palms, my thumbs. Hold on. Like it was all some elaborate scheme I thought up. Ive never cried so hard in my life. It is so boring. I thought about having him crush your daughters skull. It was an abortion. % I would have said No, but at least they could have asked!! WOMEN'S MONOLOGUE'S Bargaining by Kellie Powell Hannah: Ryan, there's something I have to tell you. Others, the Great Plains. Look! This is the best I could come up with, okay? Now you may think that you are too damaged and too broken to allow yourself to be happy, but you can choose differently Simon. I dont feel things for people anymore. I could be as good or as bad as I felt like being. It said: This is the New World and in this world you can be whoever the f*** you want. . I mean, theres nothing else to say, you know? what old or newer tortureMust I receive, whose every word deservesTo taste of thy most worst? I perforce obeyThe powers that be. He left. So you find yourself trying to remember the things that made you happy. this affliction of love, and has never let go of me since, but kept on growing. where she struggles to navigate the battlefield of an inner-city high school while keeping her past a secret and striving for an education. Making you want to leave again? I hope that the world turns and that things get better. Its a bad plan. Find a character or situation that you can relate too. . My family never owned one either. None of the boys noticed how mulish and tall I was. stream 2. You teach me phonetics. Choose a monologue that is suitable for the role you want. Watch the movie 2014 (Colin Farrell)|2005 (Royal Shakespeare Company)Timestamp: 1:14 2:45. I tried to run away, but Renly Baratheon took me in his arms. I am not yet divorced, Im being investigated by the FBI, Im carrying the child of another man and Im not really a junkie. If Id known you were going to make my dress as long as that Id rather have stayed thirteen. My eyes were only on you, as you slowly stopped crying and wiggling and breathing, the last drops of blood dripping out your chubby little neck like water from a leaky tap. But what I hope most of all is that you understand what I mean when I tell you that even though I do not know you. Watch the movie 2013 (Ben Whishaw)|1978 (Derek Jacobi)|2013 (Royal Shakespeare Theater. You were only a few months old. Julia - Two Gentlemen of Verona by William Shakespeare Act 4 Scene 4 Julia And she shall thank you for't, if e'er you know her. to scientific research in any way. Cause if youre getting a divorce, you havent changed a bit. %PDF-1.3 Racism is built into the DNA of America. When you do, the devil gets bored. That should not be up to anyone else. . This refusal of the child catalyzes her recollection of what happened to her own baby when she was a child soldier. . destiny has allowed that love should continue even between two enemies. Please select the monologue(s) that you best identify with or are appropriate for you. Heathers (comedic) 3. Now hes buried somewhere, and heres Ser Gregor stronger than ever. But today, you decide. Id throw my things in a cardboard box and run outside in my pajamas in bare feet. Cause she met another girl. Read the play here Folger|King Henry VIII In Plain & Simple English, Watch the movie The Tudors (2007)|The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1971). You know, I want to kill them! And I understand it less than when I first cast eyes on this place. Uploaded by Jlou. How to destroy Ellaria Sand, the woman who murdered my only daughter. But I couldnt. But sometimes. I want to change my statement. (Pause. Alas, sir,In what have I offended you? Though it tends to be a generally quieter one, there is much room for emotion, so if what you're trying to show off is your control, this monologue makes for an excellent choice. Modern American Scenes for Student Actors - Oct 19 2020 100 Monologues - Jan 10 2020 A collection of one hundred monologues from New York's "New Dramatists." Contemporary American Monologues for Women . Where does it hurt? The scar is all I have left of you. Sarah Ruhl: THE CLEAN HOUSE. I still dont understand it. I couldve lived with a professor of Middle English, for example, if he was a moral man and had tenure at Princeton. But instead I locked myself in my dorm room and refused to come out to greet them. <> <>/Font<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI] >>/MediaBox[ 0 0 612 792] /Contents 4 0 R/Group<>/Tabs/S/StructParents 0>> KARPATHY - MONOLOGUE THIRTEEN - HUNGARIAN DIALECT Professor Higgins, you remember me? What, do you tremble? %PDF-1.5 Its the fact that youre never really emotionally prepared for someone to leave you. Home is a long way away for all of us. Reality and love are almost contradictory for me. And youre not medicated? I was the first person in the family to graduate from college. The same speech Ive been hearing since he left. Go on. I cant seem to I cant seem to shake the real implication of dying. Female Monologues . But I dont want you to. But tell that to the inmates who are kept in cages and told that they dont have any rights at all. hW{LSW?PT"`%#)*2(]E@lEVy4+JJ!M&(8V[t"-[s}?wB9{~ @@x'qZ:AVv6xYBq I fed her at my own breast even though they told me to give her to the wet nurse. Cher doubts her good looks have remained intact and questions if she's still appealing to men. I knew when it was happening, and I knew when it was finished. and I say to myself always, that, being the daughter of a king, all other than a monarch is unworthy of me. Theyre nasty little sh*ts and nasty little sh*ts arent worth crying over.. A child of the space program. I know Ill sleep all the better. And its constantly evolving and gaining complexity. LANE: Okay! Or the people who came before. Im just so..bored. I didnt want your son, Michael! It became the mystery of our street. 1FR Are you getting a divorce? Suddenly, you find your whole days blending together to create one endless and suffocating loop. Bug Study 5. A monologue from the screenplay by Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, & Ethan Hawke. O yet, for Gods sake, go not to these wars!The time was, father, that you broke your word,When you were more endeared to it than now;When your own Percy, when my hearts dear Harry,Threw many a northward look to see his fatherBring up his powers; but he did long in vain.Who then persuaded you to stay at home?There were two honours lost, yours and your sons.For yours, the God of heaven brighten it!For his, it stuck upon him as the sunIn the grey vault of heaven, and by his lightDid all the chivalry of England moveTo do brave acts: he was indeed the glassWherein the noble youth did dress themselves:He had no legs that practised not his gait;And speaking thick, which nature made his blemish,Became the accents of the valiant;For those that could speak low and tardilyWould turn their own perfection to abuse,To seem like him: so that in speech, in gait,In diet, in affections of delight,In military rules, humours of blood,He was the mark and glass, copy and book,That fashiond others. Let some good manPass this way, to whose trust I may commitThis paper double-lined with tears and blood:Which being granted, here I sadly vowRepentance, and a leaving of that lifeI long have died in. Read the play here English & Spanish Edition|Illustrated English Edition. And it just started, like, this avalanche of sh*t, about maybe I deserve it. STILL LIFE 9. And I guess that works, Mary, I guess so. This is your great winter romance, isnt it? But now- no thank you very much! From Bull by Mike Bartlett: When she hears you're out of work, her low estimation of you will drop even further. And everything would have been different. Rather, I shouldnt say suddenly. Who I am is a 53-year-old woman from Memphis, Tennessee, named Anna Mae Harkness. Youre right, I cant pretend to understand what youre going through. Read the play here Folger|Loves Labours Lost in Plain & Simple English, Watch the movie 2000 (Matthew Lillard)|1985 (David Warner). My family drove 267 miles in a rented minivan, loaded with friends and relatives eager to witness my ceremony. Id like to help you out with that myself, if thats all right with you. It was time to go out fighting again. There are no consequences there. Thats what they all say. Because, after 25 years of building a home and raising a family and all the senseless pain that we have inflicted on each other. View It's Terrible Being Nice by Gabriel Davis Age Range: 28+ Love has a way of changing women, especially this one. I dont know what to do. Im old. . . I sit there and look at the website and imagine. Jessicas husband was murdered when the couple stopped for gasoline in a black neighborhood. 25 0 obj <> endobj But I dont want to be talked to like some incurably sick patient you have to comfort. Most of the time, most days, I feel ..nothing. It makes tomorrow all right. . I survived losing my first love, Eve, because I was scared to be gay. And I decided on that day that I was Undine Barnes, who bore no relationship to those people. what friend of mineThat had to him derived your anger, did IContinue in my liking? A monologue from the play by Tennessee Williams. But she doesnt listen. I was meant to burn there, with everything else. Every single of my exs, theyre now married! I know now that its over. Michael, you are blind. . And then they all started to laugh. They took Ruth while she was out buying food. Right?!. They were incredibly proud, and why not? Its murder. He who least regardsSuch brainsick fantasies lives most at ease. The talks about . I didnt want to go, but he dragged me to the ballroom. The power-hungry Lady Macbeth will not be ignored. My father smiled at me and I smiled at him. What have I got, Harry? Me with no talent, as you've kept reminding me my whole life! I feel my spirit divided into two portions; if my courage is high, my heart is inflamed [with love]. If you buy something through one of these links, we may earn an affiliate commission at no additional cost to you. 130 classic monologues that provide a challenge for your advanced drama students! Nay, then,if these things are pleasing to the gods,when I have suffered my doom,I shall come to know my sin; but if the sinis with my judges, I could wish themno fuller measure of evil than they,on their part, mete wrongfully to me. You can think yourself lucky if one fine morning your little precious doesnt cut her sleeves off or come home in the evening without shoes and stockings. I love you. Suggested Classical Monologues - June 2018 Page 2 of 16 2. "My Name's Not Violett" Alcott Stealing from my mom. Due to the failure of our justice system, our public defense system in particular, Jim Crow is alive and kicking; laws that made it illegal for blacks and whites to be buried in the same cemetery, that categorized people into quadroons and octaroons, that punished a black person for seeking medical attention in a white hospital. 4. But that wasnt your lovers way, was it? . To decide against my plaintiff is to choose lining the pockets of prison owners over providing basic defense for the people who live in them. I can hardly look at you standing by your bags. . Electric blue. Thats it. I had a therapist once who said that these states will wax and wane. But Mary, I open my eyes every morning and all I want is a pipe to smoke. And then she ditches me. Its that stage in development when a kid starts to trust her primary caretaker, to believe that he or she is there even if she cant see him. I lie in bed and stare at the canopy and imagine ways of killing my enemies. We all make our choices. I shall die here. Then it dawned on me that if everybody got an award, it didn't mean anything. Ive lived next door to you all the days of my life. 1. Your fathers gone, youre gone. I feel completely safe with you. There are monologues at both ages.) are you all afraid?Alas, I blame you not; for you are mortal,And mortal eyes cannot endure the devil.Avaunt, thou dreadful minister of hell!Thou hadst but power over his mortal body,His soul thou canst not have; therefore be gone.Foul devil, for Gods sake, hence, and trouble us not;For thou hast made the happy earth thy hell,Filld it with cursing cries and deep exclaims.If thou delight to view thy heinous deeds,Behold this pattern of thy butcheries.O, gentlemen, see, see! I was free. Why did you come almost close enoughand no closer? endstream endobj 31 0 obj <>stream It hurts. Oh Mother, a girl doesnt get diphtheria in the back of her knees, why so fainthearted? 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