MONOLOGUE AND DUOLOGUE CHOICES - A SUPPORT GUIDE

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13 by Mike Bartlett (Part 2)

91-92

Monologues

(M) John – “Men and women of Britain!” – will need cutting.

99 - 100

(M) Mark – “You remember my name…” – Cut John’s line.

122 – 124

(F) Ruth – “Alright. You know what I believe…” – will need cutting.

133 - 135

(M) Rob – “I thought I’d know…” – will need cutting.

Bitch Boxer by Charlotte Josephine

ALL

(F) – the whole of this play is written as one long monologue. Most of the sections could be used as a monologue – editing would be required, pick a section that you like.

Boys by Ella Hickson

63

Monologues

(M) Cam – “I was so fucking nervous…”

72 – 73

(M) Cam – “This old guy comes over…” down to “…this guy’s taken Picasso’s photo.”

85

(F) Sophie – “The first night…”

87 - 88

(F) Sophie – “Do you; have you ever actually…”

BU21

6 – 7

Monologues

(F) Izzy – “So I found out my mum was dead…” down to “Thinking that. About my mum.” – will need some cutting.

12

(F) Ana – “And when I came to…”

15 – 16

(F) Floss – “And I was just staring…” down to “Our little secret”.

42 – 43

(F) Ana – “Three months later,”

50 - 53

(M) Graham – “So the truth of it is…” down to “just to keep everything quiet.” – will need cutting.

Bunny by Jack Thorne

ALL

(F) – the whole of this play is written as one long monologue. Most of the sections could be used as a monologue – editing would be required, pick a section that you like.

Carmen Disruption by Simon Stephens

9 – 10

Monologues

(M) Don Jose – “You’ll be surprised.” – will need cutting.

13 – 15

(F) Carmen – “I want a drink.” – will need cutting.

22 – 26

(M) Escamillo – “I was never like this.” – will need significant cutting.

30 – 32

(F) Carmen – “There’s a hotel by the side…” – will need cutting.

32 – 34

(F) Micaela – “Alexander left me after I asked him…” – will need cutting.

45 – 48

(M) Escamillo – “Have you ever done this?”- will need significant cutting.

Chatroom by Enda Walsh

9

Monologues

(M) Jim – “So I tell my mother…” – cut Laura’s line and carry on.

     22 - 23

(M) Jim – “Right, well, I’m six…” – cut Eva’s line and carry on – will need cutting.

Clickbait

9 - 10

Monologues

(F) Nicola – “Thank you. Thank you all for coming” – will need cutting.

Consensual by Evan Placey

64 - 83

Duologue

(F) Diane & (M) Freddie – “I’m in. No need to…”  - will need significant cutting.

Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Simon Stephens

44 – 45

Monologues

(F) Judy – “Dear Christopher.” – will need cutting.

49 - 50

(M) Ed – “How are you feeling?” – will need cutting.

Eight by Ella Hickson

3 – 4

Monologues

(M) Danny – “Mum used to work for one of them…” down to, “…it was enough just to look like one.”

28 - 29

(F) Mona  - “This is the house that…” down to, “I ran away that day I…”

45 - 46

(F) Astrid – “People talk about guilt…” down to, “…I tell him or I don’t tell him.” – will need cutting.

Frozen by Bryony Lavery

106 - 109

Monologues

(M) – Ralph – “you know…” – will have to check that it reaches 2 minutes. 

How To Disappear (EDITED) by Fin Kennedy

38 – 39

Monologues

(M) Charlie – “You open your eyes,” down to, “…back of his neck and ramming his head into the post box. But you don’t.” Keep the cuts from the text, you may need to cut a little more.

39 - 40

(M) Charlie – “And then outside in the wind…” down to, “It was you all along”. Keep the cuts from the text, you may need to cut a little more.

86 - 88

(M) Adam – “You open your eyes…” Keep the cut and continue down to, “And you don’t know whether to laugh or cry.”

Love and Money by Dennis Kelly

27 – 36

Duologues

(F & M) Mother & Father – “So when we see the name”- will need to check to see if it’s long enough.

61 – 71

(F & M) Debbie & Duncan – “You’ve got my card?” – you will need to cut some of Debbie’s monologue that occurs towards the end – make sure you time the scene.

72 – 84

(F & M) Jess & David – “Fucking hell” – to the entrance of the doctor.

67 – 68

Monologues

(F) Debbie – “I put wall=paper paste in the…”

86 – 88

(F) Jess – “I don’t know if we’re alone…” – down to, “oh yeah, come on, pull the other one.”

Lovesong by Abi Morgan

61

Monologues

(M) Billy – “I won’t…”

Lungs by Duncan Macmillan

18 – 20

Monologues

(F) W – “Look, alright, listen…” – will need significant cutting.

93 – 94

(M) M – “This. Now. Us.”

Many Moons by Alice Birch

9 – 10

Monologues

(M) Ollie – “Prude, I think would be a bit far.” 

Marine Parade by Simon Stephens

141 – 149

(F & M) Sally & Steve – “What in the name of fuck is that?”

180 - 190

(F & M) Ellie & Gary – “Come and look out here.”

191 - 200

(F & M) Sally & Steve – “I think she’s gone.” – down to, “I’ll see you Steve.”

Morning by Simon Stephens

51 - 52

Monologue

(F) Stephanie – “All music is shit…”

My Mother Said by Charlotte Keatley

ALL

Duologue

A myriad of duologues throughout.

People, Places & Things by Duncan Macmillan

57 – 58 

Monologue

(F) Emma – “I find reality pretty difficult.” – cut Doctor line on page 58 and end at, “…away from me. So sorry.”

84 – 86

(M) Mark – “You’re my sister…”

88 – 90

(F) Emma – “Yeah. I used to think that too. – down to, “I really miss my brother”.

111

(F) Emma – “You’re uncomfortable…”

Perve by Stacey Gregg

42 - 43

Monologues

(F) Layla – “sorry, yeah.” – down to, “I just wanted it to disappear.” – will need some cutting.

The Sugar Syndrome by Lucy Prebble

37 - 38

Monologues

(F) Jan – “I had my interview” – down to, “You don’t seem very surprised.” – cut Dani’s interjection lines.

The Effect

22 

Monologues

(F) Dr James – “Well the agent’s designed…” – cut Connie’s lines. End on, “It’s sort of a science joke so…”

28 - 30

(M) Tristan – “Hello. This couldn’t be more…”

This will need some significant cutting.

61 - 62

(F) Dr James – “I was having a tough time…”

88 - 89

(F) Dr James – “The first time I saw…”

30 – 40

Duologues

(F & M) Connie & Tristan – “Oh my word” – down to, “(/ That’s fine.)”

67 - 75

(F & M) Connie & Tristan – “No.” – down to, “Tris?” – will need to check that it reaches the time.

75 - 85

(F & M) Dr James & Toby – “What happened?” – down to, “I didn’t”

The Unreturning by Anna Jordan

35 – 36

Monologues

(M) George – “Shall I tell her?” – will need cutting.

73 – 75

(M) George – “I creep in.” – will need cutting.

Things I Know To Be True by Andrew Bovell

23 – 24

Monologues

(F) Pip – “I kissed my first boy in that shed.”- will need some cutting.

44

(M) Mark – “On the weekends…”

55 - 56

(F/M) Mark – “I hear the sound of the horn…”

will need cutting.

80 - 81

(F) Rosie – “Her shift finished…”

82 - 82

(F) Rosie – “I hang up.”

Wasted by Kate Tempest

11 – 12

Monologues

(M) Ted – “It used to be…”

13

(M) Ted – “He ain’t changed much…”

20 - 21

(F) Charlotte – “I’m stood at the front…” – down to, “…and it’s pointless and boring.”

21 - 22

(F) Charlotte – “And so, I’m staring…” – down to, “…wondering what they’ll be like ten years from now.”

22 - 23

(F) Charlotte – “And then, suddenly…” 

49 – 50

(M) Danny – “You’re lucky really…” – will need significant cutting.

13 by Mike Bartlett (Part 1)

 29

Monologues

(F) Ruth – “It’s tough for everyone…”

(Part 2) 

49 - 50

(M) John – “Okay. So this hen has lived…”

63

(M) John – “There are things we want…”

79 - 80

(M) Stephen – “Ladies and Gentleman…”

BU21

22

Monologues

(M) Alex – “So work suggested…”

46 - 47

(M) Alex – “Yeah, ever tried to get…” down to “Seriously, crack on.”

Carmen Disruption by Simon Stephens

8 – 9

Monologues

(F) Carmen – “I catch myself in the mirror…”

10 - 11

(F) Micaela – “Alexander left me because my friend…”

Consensual by Evan Placey

12

Monologues

(M) Freddie – “(laughs) Christ, It’s so not me.”

61 - 62

(F) Diane – “I don’t know how I got here.” – will need cutting.

DNA by Dennis Kelly

10 – 12

Monologues

(F) Leah – “What are you thinking?” – will need cutting.

26 – 28

(F) Leah – “Apparently bonobos are our…” – will need cutting.

46 - 48

(F) Leah – “I’m going. I’m out of here.” – will need cutting.

Find Me

24

Monologues

(F) Jean – “What are we going to do?...” 

Kindertransport Act 1 by Diane Samuels

2 - 9

Duologues

(F & F) Evelyn & Faith – “Most of it is junk” – cut after, “You’ll need something to drink from in your new home.” On page 6. Cut and start again at, “Mum, please stop doing that.” Cut at, “A chipped glass is ruined forever.” – will need to check it’s long enough. 

Posh by Laura Wade

11 – 20

Duologue

(M & M) Guy & Jeremy – “Don’t stand there like a schoolboy…”

66 – 67

Monologues

(M or F) Hugo - “On this of all nights,”

100 – 101

(M or F) Alistair – “While you’re under…”- cut the lines in the middle of the speech. 

115

(M or F) Lord Riot – “Why must you…”

Widows by Ariel Dorfman

42

Monologues

(F) Fidelia – “I don’t know how.”- will have to time to make sure it’s long enough.

1984 by Orwell/Dunster (Part 1)

20 – 21 

Monologues

(M) Syme – “It’s fascinating…” – will need cutting.

41 – 51 (End of TWELVE)

Duologues

(M & F) Winston & Julia (at the start, named ‘GWTDH’) – “ I didn’t want to say anything…” - will need cutting.

All Our Children

17 – 30

Duologues

(M) Eric & (M) Victor – “Heil Hitler…” down to “well, if you say so.”

68 - 85

(M) Victor & (M) Galen – “Did you have a good drive?” down to “Your reverence, I’m a scientist. I’m a doctor, it’s as simple as that.” – will need cutting.

Blood Wedding by Federico Garcia Lorca (Part 2)

102

Monologues

(F) Bride – “Because I went with him…” – may need to add the section after Mother speaks.

Frankenstein by Patrick Sandford

16 - 18

Monologues

(M) Frankenstein – “None but those…”

Her Aching Heart by Bryony Lavery

88 - 90

Monologues

(F) Molly – “Last night I dreamt I went…”

Miss Julia by August Strindberg

91 – 92

Monologues

(M) Jean – “Oh, Miss Julia…”

112

(F) Miss Julia – “ No, I won’t go yet…”

After the Cuts by Gary McNair

(Written for Scottish accents – if you can actually do it, that’s fine. If not, change it to your own accent)

10 - 24

Duologues

(M) Jim & (F) Agnes – “You’ve tidied?” down to “Just like the hoover?” – will need some cutting.

9

Monologues

(M) Jim – “Let me just get one thing…”

32 – 40

(M) Jim – “I got back to work…” – will need some editing.

37 – 40

(M) Jim – “No one will get hurt…” – will need some editing.

BU21

34 - 35

Monologues

(M) Alex – “And she’s right.”

Eight by Ella Hickson

40 – 41

Monologues

(F) Millie – “It’s Saturday morning…” down to, “…mashed potato in some very funny places."

42 - 43

(F) Millie – “So I came to my position…”

Why Is John Lennon Wearing a Skirt? by Claire Dowie

ALL

(F) – the whole of this play is written as one long monologue. Most of the sections could be used as a monologue – editing would be required, pick a section that you like.

Our Ladies by Lee Hall

42 - 44

Monologues

(F) Orla – “Not properly.” – will need cutting.

Peepshow by Isabel Wright

23 – 24, 30 – 32, 37 – 39 & 56 - 58

Duologues

(F & F) Sarah & Kate – the combination of their duologues should make up enough time if they’re combined together.

The Sugar Syndrome by Lucy Prebble

46

Monologue

(M) Lewis – “Dani, You absent bitch.”

Tom Wells

About a Goth, Notes for First Time Astronauts & Spacewang

ALL

3 Monologues (all could be used)

.– editing would be required, pick a monologue that you like – monologues can’t be combined.

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…”

East by Steven Berkoff

11- 12

Monologues

(F) Sylv – “At it they went” 

    17 - 18

(M) Mike – “I’ll descend on thee like a…” – will need cutting.

    18 – 20

(F) Sylv – “I for once would like to be a fella…” – will need significant cutting.

    26 – 27

(M/F) Mum – “Sometimes I get gorged in my throat…” – will need to check that it reaches 2 minutes. 

    28 - 29

(M) – Les – Anyway I jumped on at Holborn…” – will need significant cutting. 

Greek by Steven Berkoff

101 – 102

Monologues

(M) Eddy - “So I was spawned in Tufnell Park…” – will have to cut lines from Dad, Doreen and Mum to continue the monologue. 

105 – 106

(M) Dad – “So Ed, your mum and I sat down…” 

117

(F) Waitress – “He was a good man…”

124

(F) Wife – “The plague is not quite…”

130

(F) Wife – “You’re tuf that’s what my love…” – will need cutting. 

134 - 135

(F) Mum – “Don’t listen Ed…”

(M) Dad – “Like this it was.” – will need significant cutting.

Herons by Simon Stephens

165

Monologue

(M) Charlie – “Just resting. Just there.” – appears cut in the script, don’t worry. Cut Billy’s lines.

The Fastest Clock in the Universe by Philip Ridley

122 – 123

Monologue

(M) Captain – “Ah, now I’ve got your attention…”- down to, “What was four for?”

180

(M) Captain – “At first, I thought…”

186

(F) Sherbert – “I wish to grow old…”

4:48 Psychosis by Sarah Kane

209 - 210

Monologues

(F – but M can use it) “A room of expressionless…” – will need cutting, down to “this is not a world in which I wish to live.”

ALL

the whole of this play is written as one long monologue. Most of the sections could be used as a monologue – editing would be required, pick a section that you like.

Adult Child/Dead Child by Claire Dowie

ALL

(F) – the whole of this play is written as one long monologue. Most of the sections could be used as a monologue – editing would be required, pick a section that you like.

Burying Your Brother in the Pavement by Jack Thorne

10 - 11

Monologues

(M) Tom – “They’re a - having a funeral downstairs” down to “I mean, the funeral… I need to get out.”

Can’t Stand Up For Falling Down by Richard Cameron

3 - 4

Monologues

(F) Lynette – “I dropped down in the grass.” – will need cutting.

4 – 5

(F) Ruby – “I knew for sure…” – will need cutting. 

7 - 8

(F) Lynette – “I give her the flowers…”

16 - 17

(F) Jodie – “It’s as if a whole chunk…”

22 - 23

(F) Jodie – “I’ve been seeing Tim a bit,”

24 - 25

(F) Lynette – “Royce has now moved…”

Carmen Disruption by Simon Stephens

5 - 6

Monologues

(F) Michaela – “I have decided now that it it…” – will need cutting.

Cockroach

34 - 35

Monologues

(F) Mmoma – “Yeah. I couldn’t do that…” – cut Beth’s line.

DNA by Dennis Kelly

53 – 55

Monologues

(M) Adam – “I…I was in a…”

63 - 65

(M) Richard – “Phil, Phil, watch this! – will need cutting.

Far Away by Caryl Churchill

8 – 21

Duologue

(F & F) Joan & Harper – “I can’t sleep.” Until the end of the scene – will need cutting.

43 - 44

Monologue

(F) Joan – “Of course birds saw me…” – will need cutting.

Five Kinds of Silence by Shelagh Stevenson

Monologues

8 - 9

(M) Billy – “I’m in bed, it’s pitch dark…”

12 - 13

(F) Mary – “I’m six years old…”

14 - 15

(M) Billy – “I don’t remember pain…”

16 - 17

(M) Billy – “Our town is full of soldiers.”

17 - 18

(F) Mary – “When I met him he was gentle.”

19 - 20

(F) Mary – “A flickering memory I have…”

27 - 28

(F) Susan – “We couldn’t let him live.”

Frozen by Bryony Lavery

137 - 140

Monologue

(F) Nancy – “I’d like to see him die…”

Many Moons by Alice Birch

10 – 11

Monologues

(F) Meg – “I like to sit at home.”- will need cutting.

48 - 49

(M) Ollie – “My skin is very dry.”

Monsters by Niklas Radstrom

73 – 74

Monologue

(F) James’s Mother – “It was my child.”

Punk Rock by Simon Stephens

376 - 377

Monologue

(M) Chadwick – “Human beings are pathetic…”

Sinner by Ben Payne

58 - 61

Monologue

(M) Robert – “You’re my brother”- cut the lines at the bottom of page 58 – will need cutting.

The Children by Edward Bond

5 – 6

25 - 26

Monologues

(M) Joe – “Late. Dark soon.” – down to, “I’ll have to kill you.” – will need cutting. 

(F) Mother – “The glow’s died down…”

The Fall by James Fritz

12 - 36

Duologues

(F & M) Girl & Boy – “You are so…” – will need significant cutting.

The Pitchfork Disney by Philip Ridley

17 – 19

Monologues

(F) Haley – “One dog started to sniff me.” – will need significant cutting.

27

(M) Presley – “I saved my pocket money…”

57

(M) Cosmo – “I hate being touched by men.”

63 - 64

(M) Presley – “I can still remember…” – will need cutting.

74 - 75

(M) Cosmo – “It’s a ghost train…”

82 - 84

(M) Presley – “I pick up a copy of the newspaper…” – down to, “…puts the rubber mouse on the corpse and leaves.”

84 - 84

(M) Presley – “I pick up a copy of the newspaper…” – down to, “…puts the rubber mouse on the corpse and leaves.”