The Art of the Monologue

   John Upton

The Art of the Monologue contains several monologues, ranging from four or five minutes performance time to a full performance of around 45 to 90 minutes. There are parts for male and female actors. Also included is a complete play, from which a monologue has been developed. This allows students to see how a monologue can be created from a play using more than one actor. It also allows students to develop their own monologues from the other characters.

The monologues in this book can be used for performances in their present form, but they can also be used and developed by individual students preparing their own performance.

There is also includes a substantial introduction on the monologue as drama, looking at different types of monologue. It also provides specific suggestions for using the monologues in the book as performance pieces.

 The Art of the Monologue     978 1 876580 49 0    $26.95 

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 The Art of the Monologue Contents

Foreword :  suggestions for use and study            

Seeing the Unseen, Hearing the Unheard : an introduction to monologues 

Alone in the Crowd : three monologues for women

The Life Of The Barbie; Melinda Plant, 20s, school fete volunteer        

Moving Up In The World: Jackie Grayson, late 30s, qualified accountant          

A Very Nice Type of A Person: Grace Grimshaw, 60s, retired shopkeeper    

 Other Voices : two monologues for men.

The Stranger: Luke Donnelly, 16, high school student        

Before The Law: Gavin Lang, barrister        

   Machiavelli, Machiavelli : a full length play for one actor

  Leah Hunt: 60, ex-mayor and formidable political operative.

Waiting for Rupert Murdoch: a full:length play, plus a monologue.

Waiting for Rupert Murdoch: a two-act play for six characters        

Deadlines and Runaways: Cam Smith, journalist in his 20s.                       

A monologue extracted from the play