My 3 Monologue

THE POWER OF THE DOG

Ellen Dryden

Lisa Monologue

I picked this for one of my monologues because I though I could really realate to the character in the piece. She is around my age (17) and blabbing on about how she didn’t like this play she went to see. i found the relationship between Lisa and her teacher really interesting think in the scene it is really highlighted. I really enjoyed reading parts of the play for it is about a failing school south London. But the play is mainly based around Vivien Chadwick the head of English department who is tackling moving house as well as visiting her ill mother and dealing with Lisa. Lisa a difficult but bright sixth former who Vivien is engorging to stay on at school and to get her to apply to uni. In the scene I have picked to do the monoulge Viien is wating for lisa to arrive for an extra tutorial , lisa turns up late with the “same old exsuses”.

NO PHONES ON PLANET PLUTO

Colin Garrow and Suzanne Enoch

Shona Monologue

This monologue  really court my eye because it came form a play “Revealing, touching and amusing tales inspired by the stories and experiences of mental health service users. Part of the Scottish Mental Health” although the character is a lot older than me I thought this monologue had a lot of depth I could have gone deep in to for they come form someone’s actual experience making the monologue feel more alive and real. The play entails a collection of monologues form a variation of mental ill peoples personal story’s. I this monologue is set in couciling group were everyone shares there illnesses and how it effects them. Shona talks about her anxiety and the daily task she does to cope or not cope with it.

RANDOM

Debbie Tucker Green

Sister

The monologue I have chosen to do form this play is very deep and emotional part. When reading the play this moment really stood out to me , for this is a very significant part were the police come around to tell the family that there son is has been stabbed and the sister (the charature I shall be playing) is in complete denial . The play random was first performed by Nadine Marshall in 2008. she plays sister, brother, mum , dad and the teacher. The reason the picked this monologue is because I really feel for the character “sister” . in this day and age it happens quite often were young people are getting stabbed weather that be in gangs or on the street I feel like Ive grown up this this problem all my life and I can connect with the denial that the charter is in at the certain moment in time because thing like this happen all the time you don’t expet it to happen to someone close in you family . The sister had a very boisterous and determination I feel I can relate to it in some ways. This monongue has so much depth and thought change in it I feel I will have a lot of fun experimenting with this piece.