MONOLOGUE AND DUOLOGUE CHOICES - A SUPPORT GUIDE

5. HEAVY

After Miss Julie by Patrick Marber

 

29 – 39

Duologues

(M) John & (F) Julie – “Where…” down to “Orders never sound nice. Now you know. Go.” 

 

43 – 53

(M) John & (F) Julie – “I saw Christine going out.”

Behind The Beautiful Forevers by David Hare (1)

 

3

Monologues

(F) Sunil – “You ask me what I want?” – will need to check that it reaches 2 minutes.

 

73

(M) Master – “It’s a pleasure to be here…” down to “…being good is the right way to live.” – will need some cutting.

Blasted by Sarah Kane

 

3 – 24

Duologue

(M) Ian & (F) Cate – “I’ve shat in better places than this.” Down to “these are for you”. – will need some cutting but there are a lot of stage directions.

Elegies, Punks and Raging Queens by Bill Russell

 

ALL

Monologue

Most of the sections could be used as a monologue – editing would be required, pick a section that you like.

Have I None by Edward Bond

 

59 - 60

Monologue

(M) Jams – “The table’s there – eventually.”

Masterpieces by Sarah Daniels

 

93 - 94

Monologue

(F) Rowena – “Well the first part was…”

Parliament Square by James Fritz

 

6 - 19

Monologue

Pick lines from these pages for a monologue.

Pornography by Simon Stephens

ALL

Monologue

Several monologues appear throughout the text.

The Know of the Heart by David Eldridge

 

39 - 47

Duologues

(F & F) Barbara & Angela – “I’m pleased you called.” 

 

10 – 11

Monologues

(F) Lucy – “My producer caught me.”

 

29

(F) Barbara – “There was a drunk…”

The Pillowman

 

7 – 8

Monologues

(M) Katurian – “I mean, I agree.”

 

17 - 18

 (M) Tupolski – “A man wakes up in the…”

 

21 - 22

(M) Katurian – “(pause) Um, ‘Once upon a time…” – will need cutting.

 

44 - 45

(M) Katurian – “Yes. By whatever…” - will need cutting.

The Treatment by Martin Crimp

 

9 – 10

 

Monologues

(M) Clifford – “I mapped out the course…” – cut all of Simon’s lines.

 

45

(F) Anne – “It’s so hot in my hotel room…”

Yerma by Simon Stone

 

7 – 16

 

 

86 - 87

Duologues

(F & M) Her & John – “Hey stop hogging…”

 

Monologues

(M) John – “And you let this…”