dramatic musical theatre monologues

When he returns from hunting,I will not speak with him; say I am sick:If you come slack of former services,You shall do well; the fault of it Ill answer.Put on what weary negligence you please,You and your fellows; Ill have it come to question:If he dislike it, let him to our sister,Whose mind and mine, I know, in that are one,Not to be over-ruled. A monologue from the screenplay by Bo Goldman. The 61-year-old actor was joined by his wife, Laura Louie, 55 . Just like our marriage is an abortion. NOTE: This monologue is reprinted from The Moscow Art Theatre Series of Plays. She surprised me in a place, where she ought not to have known me, just as I could not exist for her; and she now seeks to attach to me a reality such as I could never suppose I should have to assume for her in a shameful and fleeting moment of my life. (Shouting over her) I LIVE THE ANSWER! The spectacle of fearsome acts. And I had it killed because this must all end! Are you still happy? All I know is the child is my warrant and if he is not the word of God, then God never spoke. Did you hear that? Why here, youre all businessmen here. . And then I recovered. . I killed the last honorable man fifteen years ago. (beat) It just kind of set something off in my head, you know? (beat). Ill to my brother:Though he hath fallen by prompture of the blood,Yet hath he in him such a mind of honour.That, had he twenty heads to tender downOn twenty bloody blocks, held yield them up,Before his sister should her body stoopTo such abhorrd pollution.Then, Isabel, live chaste, and, brother, die:More than our brother is our chastity.Ill tell him yet of Angelos request,And fit his mind to death, for his souls rest. Im alone. Reality and love are almost contradictory for me. And as the crowd broke up and our team stampeded out of the school-yard, cleats clicking and scraping blue sparks on the sidewalk, I looked back once through the wire fence and saw my father still sitting on the now-empty bench. Sometimes am I king;Then treasons make me wish myself a beggar,And so I am: then crushing penuryPersuades me I was better when a king;Then am I kingd again, and by and byThink that I am unkingd by Bolingbroke,And straight am nothing: but whateer I be,Nor I, nor any man that but man is,With nothing shall be pleased, till he be easdWith being nothing. O heaven! And made me colorblind. Maybe killing this man will get my eyes back. At least you get letters. Fear. Valerie. where she struggles to navigate the battlefield of an inner-city high school while keeping her past a secret and striving for an education. A coward. I sit there and look at the website and imagine. If a rat were to walk in here, right now, as Im talking would you greet it with a saucer of your delicious milk? Lets finally guarantee its rights to all of our citizens. Why do you do it? Increasing thoughts about death just seemed to come over me. Count, be now the instructor of my prince! Popular Types: Women Men Teens Kids Comedic Contemporary Shakespeare Explore Great 1-Minute Monologues We can't do this. Sal becomes embarrassed.). Bid them all fly! I hurt myself, It doesnt hurt. I want you to know I understand, Even though were enemies, you and I, I understand the fury that drives you. The only safeguard people of color have is the right to a defense, and we wont even give them that. View And Turning, Stay by Kellie Powell Age Range: 16 - 20 Amy is in high school. No. What sensation do you get when I do that?Nothing! A monologue from the tv series written by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Emerald Fennell, Suzanne Heathcote, & Laura Neal. 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Youll own it and the land forever. Youre sheltering enemies of the state, are you not? I never heard a sound like that. . Why should a mortal man, the sport of chance,With no assured foreknowledge, be afraid?Best live a careless life from hand to mouth.This wedlock with thy mother fear not thou.How oft it chances that in dreams a manHas wed his mother! Is not that glimmer there afar That dying exhalation that pale star A tiny taper, which, with trembling blazeFlickering twixt struggling flames and dying rays,With ineffectual sparkMakes the dark dwelling place appear more dark?Yes, for its distant light,Reflected dimly, brings before my sightA dungeons awful gloom,Say rather of a living corse, a living tomb;And to increase my terror and surprise,Drest in the skins of beasts a man there lies:A piteous sight,Chained, and his sole companion this poor light.Since then we cannot fly,Let us attentive to his words draw nigh,Whatever they may be. Because I cant. Because hes not a Baird man! I come home tomorrow and Im on the back of a milk carton. I tried to run away, but Renly Baratheon took me in his arms. Rats were the cause of the bubonic plague, but thats some time ago. We must never lose it or give it away. Could it be for love? But if one were to determine what attributes the Jews share with a beast, it would be that of the rat. A monologue from the screenplay by Quentin Tarantino, Monsieur LaPadite, are you aware of the nickname the people of France have given me? Why have you made my dress so long, Mother? I didnt want your son, Michael! Now hes buried somewhere, and heres Ser Gregor stronger than ever. And we go through the same routine every time. Alas, sir,In what have I offended you? I think youre used to the type of guys who push people around and Im not that type of person. We spend our youth unconscious, feeling immortal, then we marry and have kids and awaken with a shock to mortality, theirs, ours, thats all we see. Thats what Ive done, Ali. You must have felt powerful after you made that choice. Really Really 7. I have no visuals of prom dresses or favorite sweater or shoes I couldnt live without. (then, pitiful) Just look what its done to you. . Home | Uncategorized | 118 Dramatic Monologues For Men, A monologue from the play by Martin McDonagh. You neednt try to comfort me. But I will not follow thesewhere my honor is concerned, the captivation of my feelings does not abate my courage. I will go home and much of what I will have to say will seem strange to the people of my village. I was afraid that I wouldnt survive the next few minutes while they turned off the machines. Abigail, I have fought here three long years to bend these stiff-necked people to me, and now, just now when there must be some good respect for me in the parish, you compromise my very character. with respect][does] my arm, which has so often saved this empire, and so often strengthened anew the throne of its king. I give one fellow a quarter and he turn around and give it to the candy man. ye must be ruled with scythes, not sceptres,And mowd down like the grass, else all we reapIs rank abundance, and a rotten harvestOf discontents infecting the fair soil,Making a desert of fertility.Ill think no more. and at last a sympathetic person takes one of the two apart and asks, with a pinch of the ear or a smile, the simple question: what have you really got against your husband?or your wife?then he, or she, stands perplexed and cannot give the cause. . (Pause.). Cause if youre getting a divorce, you havent changed a bit. I dont know what to do. I know why you made that vow to your father. I haven't taken it off for a week. . He rushed out the door and down to the school-yard, the first game he had ever come to, and my mother put his supper in the oven, for later I hadnt reminded my father of the game. Until their children grow up and leave them? For although in my arrogance I swore to fall out of love, it is not as easy as falling in love. Now, hold on, Mr. Potter. Ive never heard anyone say Im happy and actually feel it. *B U(%s7+Yl/= It seems strange that my life should end in such a terrible place, but for three years I had roses and apologised to no-one. I would know what went with what, and everything I tried on would fit. I have real trouble telling the truth. Thats five opportunities he done threw away. Idle old man,That still would manage those authoritiesThat he hath given away! They gave us drugs, slitting our foreheads with razors so cocaine would go directly into the bloodstream. Not because Im in here, or because you think I should. I always thought things happen for a reason, good and bad theres a design, a plan. I have merely the science of discerning truth from falsehood. One contemporary piece written after 1950. Maybe I deserve to get my ass left at a train station at one A.M. , you know? And I decided on that day that I was Undine Barnes, who bore no relationship to those people. Here, here, or here? Charles Heron Wall. But none could describe this place. Maybe I wont be around. It was a son Michael! He chose to love me back. I cant keep you out of this house. O rage! What youre afraid of. I dont need to hear this sh*t from you! You should have left me. . 3 0 obj 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. fires] in order to extinguish my own. So I ran away, crossed the shining sea and when I finally set foot back on sole ground the first thing I heard was that goddamn voice. In my fantasy world, had my mother lived, I would be extremely well-dressed. (showing him the houses). Im not a judge or jury. And I know you love me. ) You dont realize how lucky you are. In my dreams. . I mean the two of them were really getting into it. Black kids dont go into the cafeteria and shoot up everybody or stalk teachers and shoot them. No animals have survived. Mary, I said. . So if you really are here, and youre really not just stopping in to say youre leaving again, youre going to have to do better than this. A son! Macduff, this noble passion,Child of integrity, hath from my soulWiped the black scruples, reconciled my thoughtsTo thy good truth and honour. Sent it to him wrapped in blue paper. AN IDEAL HUSBAND A monologue from the play by Oscar Wilde MABEL CHILTERN: Well, Tommy has proposed to me again. This grave charmWhose eye becked forth my wars and called them home,Whose bosom was my crownet, my chief end,Like a right gipsy hath at fast and loose,Beguiled me to the very heart of loss.What, Eros, Eros! Id show you but Im too old; Im too tired; Im too f***in blind. It will be met with reward. heres not a day goes by I dont feel regret. I fed her at my own breast even though they told me to give her to the wet nurse. Am I bothering you? O despair! NOTE: This monologue is reprinted from The Dramatic Works of Molire, Vol. What they are making of us are false idols merely. Well, in my book he died a much richer man than youll ever be. I asked you a question. Why did you come almost close enoughand no closer? I think nature is really going to help. a beast, that wants discourse of reason,Would have mournd longermarried with my uncle,My fathers brother, but no more like my fatherThan I to Hercules: within a month:Ere yet the salt of most unrighteous tearsHad left the flushing in her galled eyes,She married. Make assay.Bow, stubborn knees; and heart with strings of steel,Be soft as sinews of the new-born babe!All may be well. We were leaving Texas, entering the Indian territory and redefining our meaning of unknown. I dont really think it matters what that thing is . Accounting & Finance; Business, Companies and Organisation, Activity; Case Studies; Economy & Economics; Marketing and Markets; People in Business Monologues from Plays Browse hundreds of great monologues from plays for men and women of all ages. But I couldnt. It belongs to someone who has yet to come. Youve had fantasies, Im sure; so have I, but were married. She has been arrested for trying to buy heroin not for herself but for her addicted grandmother, and has been ordered by a judge to attend an encounter group for drug addicts. We have many monologues for girls on Actorama but here we have found the very best monologues for girls from various media such as movies, plays . A monologue from the screenplay by William Broyles Jr. and Al Reinert. But he did help a few people get outta your slums, Mr. Potter. I got no one to care for. It was an abortion, Michael! Forty-seven years old. For our full length productions you are asked to find your own monologue (can be from anything) between 30 seconds and 1 minute in length. The power-hungry Lady Macbeth will not be ignored. We were no longer under the cloud of civilization. In case of emergency. Even Ser Gregor couldnt stop him. A RAISIN IN THE SUN 20 Dramatic Monologues For Teenage Guys 1. Be then no longer surprised if my troubled soul with impatience awaits their bridal; thou seest that my happiness [lit. Thus my lot appearsNot sad, but blissful; for had I enduredTo leave my mothers son unburied there,I should have grieved with reason, but not now.And if in this thou judgest me a fool,Methinks the judge of follys not acquit. Always food. . Busted. I never got to have a mother, but Myrcella did. Sometimes she goes a whole week. (Pause. I hurt badly! Female Theatre Monologues for Teens Dry Land (Ruby Rae Speigel) Ester: I've been sleeping in my swimsuit. Every scar, every flaw, every imperfection. Ill show you outta order! I havent kept a calendar for five years. Ive googled it so many times. And as long as we turn a blind eye to the pain of those suffering under its oppression, we will never escape those origins. I was obviously not faking it and yet no one could find the reason for the pain. I wanna talk to him. Is that my share? The unspoken rule in my house was that my moms name was never mentioned after her death. %PDF-1.5 You, you said that they Whatd you say just a minute ago? Yet all thats left of them is bones in amber. daily preach solitude and retirement while they themselves live at Court; who know how to reconcile their zeal with their vices; who are passionate, revengeful, faithless, full of deceit, and who, to work the destruction of a fellow-man. Maybe were just drifting from moment to moment trying to do what we think is right. It struck me as amusing. On and on and on and on. If you would like to change your settings or withdraw consent at any time, the link to do so is in our privacy policy accessible from our home page.. Why did you do that?Doesnt matter now. for how many sorrows [lit. Like winning the lottery or someones rich uncle needing a personal assistant. the land bids me tread no more upont;It is ashamed to bear me! . Each day is more gray than the one before. Do you think anybody dares to be friendly with me, who has to collect all the debts, all the money obligations, of the whole city? It is a misery to be a man! I want to change my statement. Im Han Nguyen born in Saigon, daughter of Le and Bin Nguyen. He, however, is very shy when it comes to interacting with the opposite sex. Farewell! Cos two wrongs dont make a right. And there he was, jumping up and down, showing his teeth, excited as hell. There isnt enough pity to go round. 1 minute and 23 seconds later the plane crashed into a field. Edwin Bjrkman. I chose to love him. More precisely, a German soldier. Theres some really nice options in your price range. racks? Our lives and our choices, like quantum trajectories, are understood moment to moment. . Im back. Look at myself No smiling man ever comes here; nothing is to be seen here but angry glances, snarling lips, clenched fists And everybody pours his anger, his envy, his suspicions, upon me. only to keep in sight of your torn red sweater, racing about the vacant lot you played in. Id watch him from my window get swallowed up in the sea of Brooklyn fathers all beginning their day. Out here, we swim horseback through rivers. But, you know I would be bullshitting. But lately I have started to wonder if maybe we just say that to make ourselves feel better. I love all of you, even the parts that you think are too dark and too shameful. So, some of us try to regain unconsciousness. LUKA. It hurts so much. I would torture you to death just for writing a story like that, let alone acting it out! A child of the space program. My mom kissing me on the forehead, and . O God! The clocks stopped at 1:17 one morning. Until today. The heartsThat spanieled me at heels, to whom I gaveTheir wishes, do discandy, melt their sweetsOn blossoming Caesar, and this pine is barkedThat overtopped them all. But am I the criminal mastermind who pulled off a series of violent murders? I married a Wall Street lawyer. When we returned, we found her side of the closet empty. Baird men, ya hurt this boy, youre going to be Baird Bums, the lot of ya. And the wolf has no interest in your dreams. Her I indeed adore;And keep her grateful image in my house,Sometimes belonging to a Roman king,But now called mine, as by the better style.To her I care not if, for satisfyingYour scrupulous fancies, I go offer. Some of our partners may process your data as a part of their legitimate business interest without asking for consent. All I can do is wait. But instead I locked myself in my dorm room and refused to come out to greet them. Tis true I have not shedBlood as I might have done, in oceans, tillMy name became the synonym of deathA terror and a trophy. Jackson couldnt take it. They had to wait and save their money before they even thought of a decent home. Im not crying for myself. To me, its just a made up word, a politicians word, so that young fellas like yourself can wear a suit and a tie and have a job. There can be no mistakes. Hold it till my next birthday. Never! These are people after my own heart; it is thus we should live; this is the pattern for us to follow. Theres these moments that shape our lives, moments you have no control over. And she doesnt want to wash her hair. New York: Brantanos, 1922. They came en masse, dressed in their Alexanders best. And when the next pitch bounced between the catchers legs and into home screen, I slid home to win the game. Your moms with someone. At each point of intersection, each encounter suggests a new potentialdirection. Lets talk about what youre feeling. Who sent me to it?Who hath the honour to advance VittoriaTo this incontinent college? It said: This is the New World and in this world you can be whoever the f*** you want. Office Hour Gender: Male Length: 90 Seconds Monologue Type: Dramatic I knew when it was happening, and I knew when it was finished. But those are not the crimes Im being tried for. Youre not gonna do anything stupid like leaving me. Plug him in and pretend he loves you! Can I move this?. It would appear he has done everything in his power to earn it. Which means I married someone who lives in a world where, when a man comes to the edge of things, he has to commit to staying there and living there. Which way shall I turn? No, I am not a revered doctor, brother; no, all the knowledge of this world has not found its abode in me. Why I used to be a watchman on the estate of an engineer near Tomsk all right the house was right in the middle of a forest lonely place winter came and I remained all by myself.

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dramatic musical theatre monologues