O heaven! A few years later my dad got remarried to a lovely woman. Its the right path. Dartmouth. Anyway, wed kinda been delaying the conversation and Halloween rolls around and Alex has a pirate outfit and a skeleton costume laid out for him on his bed and he asks, what about Snow White? The snake doesnt care how much you love your children. must I see the count triumph over your splendor, and die without vengeance, or live in shame? Just like our marriage is an abortion. So busted. I was there when this wonderful person drifted into this world, and I was there when she drifted out. Text Your father made you believe otherwise. Go anywhere you want. Ive googled it so many times. No, know Soranzo,I have a spirit doth as much distasteThe slavery of fearing thee, as thouDost loathe the memory of what hath passed. I screamed and cried, but he held his knife to my throat and said hed kill me, too, if I made one more sound. Continue with Recommended Cookies, Home | Uncategorized | 84 Dramatic Monologues For Women (Powerful & Emotional Pieces), A monologue from the play by Nora and Delia Ephron. . (They sit in silence for a few beats. Bide my time. It was a girl. Jessicas husband was murdered when the couple stopped for gasoline in a black neighborhood. But, you know I would be bullshitting. And shes right that hes observant. Why did you do that?Doesnt matter now. (Beat). Why have you made my dress so long, Mother? But I dont want you to. You dont know what outta order is, Mr. Trask! You dont need but five dollars to get in the crap game. I know! Dont it make them better citizens? About degrees of progress . At times it will seem that nothing changes at all and then again the sudden dramatic events which make history leap into the future. Pitiless fate, whose severity separates my glory and my desires! Just a minute. We find no cabals, no intrigues among them; all their anxiety is to live a holy life. Then we perceive that all of us was not in that act, and that it would be an atrocious injustice to judge us by that action alone, as if all our existence were summed up in that one deed. I have to sleep with one eye open, and I only got one eye, right? Im forty-seven. You will live to watch your daughter rot, to watch that beautiful face collapse to bone and dust all the while contemplating the choices youve made. The physical therapists. It wasnt a miscarriage. We were no longer under the cloud of civilization. For what purpose, what goal? . But I can tell you this: he wont sell anybody out to buy his future!! All I know is the more we look back wondering what might have been, the less were living for today. A monologue from the play by John Webster. Be then no longer surprised if my troubled soul with impatience awaits their bridal; thou seest that my happiness [lit. His knife was in my back as we carried our guns out into the bush. I imagine shes your favorite. (Pause. and I say to myself always, that, being the daughter of a king, all other than a monarch is unworthy of me. He has chosen a path. And how Irushed to the window to watch you jump the porch railing! Then continues.) Rather, I shouldnt say suddenly. Step into the streets without looking and the carriage merely stops or swerves; the only consequence an angry driver. To view the purposes they believe they have legitimate interest for, or to object to this data processing use the vendor list link below. I had to keep breathing. Manage Settings To whom shall I addressMy speech? (Undine realizes the addicts are eavesdropping and finds herself including them in her confessional.). O, most wicked speed, to postWith such dexterity to incestuous sheets!It is not nor it cannot come to good:But break, my heart; for I must hold my tongue. At least when you are gone, you are gone. So I cut out the eye that looked away. All lives, save loveless lives, true Love should pardon. 15 Powerful Female Dramatic Monologues. x\[sr~wLIX ledOvy-sCSgDsx_8} g53#Z(fojv?[/o>q2I4TVu[M}Z0Jkv ~as~`mJ0&GBVBSt\,b{|7svp~W-X+8%9YIe/,jZ0|v=G%MV]]&=6^gEd 7]gl4vD*^1K 18yO=}.:6]V%lp4xg! It belongs to someone who has yet to come. fires] in order to extinguish my own. I dont feel things for people anymore. I see with sorrow that love compels me to utter sighs for that [object] which [as a princess] I must disdain. She was wearing a long burgundy velour three-quarter sleeve zip bathrobe with a thick vertical white stripe down the center, surrounding the zipper. 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I mean, to what end? (Vicious.) It always confused me, because I didnt really know what it meant. Unfortunately, because of copyright restrictions, we cannot sell to persons in your country. A monologue from the screenplay by Hubert Selby Jr. & Darren Aronofsky. Poor souls, they perishd.Had I been any god of power, I wouldHave sunk the sea within the earth or ereIt should the good ship so have swallowd andThe fraughting souls within her. And everything would have been different. I married a Wall Street lawyer. A monologue from the play by Tennessee Williams. I think I embarrass you. and would purchase honour and reputation at the cost of hypocritical looks and affected groans; who, seized with strange ardour, make use of the next world to secure their fortune in this; who, with great affectation and many prayers. I thought about having Ser Gregor crush your skull the way he did Oberyns. one of those weak and divided people who slip like shadows among you solid strong ones. For me to hate you, you must love me, and that you will not do. Abigail, is there any other cause than you have told me, for Goody Proctor discharging you? Lets finally guarantee its rights to all of our citizens. Who knows what the tide could bring? Well, the mask is off, so Im gonna say yes. We never owned anything. NOTE: This monologue is reprinted from Plays by August Strindberg, v. 1. Home is a long way away for all of us. Why, Mr. Anderson? Valerie. There is no other option. 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! A monologue from the play by Arthur Miller. No, I wanted a doctor for a father. Not even my parents. Could it be for love? She said he was being a baby, that he didnt deserve a costume at all. That it should come to this!But two months dead: nay, not so much, not two:So excellent a king; that was, to this,Hyperion to a satyr; so loving to my motherThat he might not beteem the winds of heavenVisit her face too roughly. I perforce obeyThe powers that be. Youd rather be with someone who, I dunno, who wore leather jackets. 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. You, you said that they Whatd you say just a minute ago? And as I know nothing in the world so noble and so beautiful as the holy fervour of genuine piety, so there is nothing, I think, so odious as the whitewashed outside of a specious zeal; as those downright imposters. They hook me up to a machine and take turns running electrical currents through my stumps. Like the whole thing at the train station. Perhaps you feel, Violante, that I am too forward. NOTE: This monologue is reprinted from The Dramatic Works of Molire, Vol. People were human beings to him, but to you, a warped, frustrated old man, theyre cattle. But Im done. Fairies and. . And what I really dont understand is how come everybody else isnt screaming with boredom too. He slit your throat, a flash of unbearable pain, while a soldier about my age held a cup to collect your blood. There are also several of the most popular American plays in the history of stage represented on this list of female monologues. I hope that, whoever you are, you escape this place. Dont do anything you might regret. . . Its like theres a fire burning in the center of my head, Mary, and the pipe is the water that will put it out. Monologues for Teens "Tommy Boy" Plot - A Sophomore in high school, Tommy, is a fun-loving lad, who absolutely loves to hang out with his pals. Weiss. Imagining a life without her doesnt excite me, it just makes me anxious. Consequently, a German soldier conducts a search of a house suspected of hiding Jews. A monologue from the screenplay by William Broyles Jr. We both had done the math. It was the first time Id got one over on them. You know, I guess Ive been heart-broken too many times. And except for the tail, they even rather look alike, dont they? ), A couple of weeks ago some people were even saying I had something to do with it. now [lit. It made me feel cold, like if love wasnt for me!. (beat, standing) They say great beasts once roamed this world. La Sainte Courtisane. . SOUND OF MUSIC - Young Adult Female - Dramatic SOUND OF MUSIC - Maria tells Captain Von Trapp how to show love to his children. What are you aware of? Ive coerced witnesses, got clients to lie on the stand, bullied students to tears, manipulated jurors like you. We must never lose it or give it away. Diverse consciences. Then I saw him sitting on the bench along third base. a weak and divided person who stood in adoring awe of your singleness, of your strength. 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. But to be honest I feel like the real opportunities are the ones that fall into your lap. I know what you think it means, sonny. Yesterday, my life was headed in one direction. But I pretended not to see him. (Rue lets out a big exhale. He cant see past his nose. And it sunk them in me. Bid them all fly! Its a path made of principle that leads to character. Which way shall I turn? with respect][does] my arm, which has so often saved this empire, and so often strengthened anew the throne of its king. View Bargaining by Kellie Powell A Christmas Carol - Drama. People like my client, Nathaniel Lahey, and millions of people like him who are relegated to a subclass of human existence in our prisons. MARIA: (to Captain Von Trapp) I . An example of data being processed may be a unique identifier stored in a cookie. nay, gave noticeHe was from thence discharged. But I didnt. Look at these documents into which I write tales of wrong. It had never placed it rotten finger on my heart. I stand on the right side. But you know black kids dont really do that, do they? Now, hold on, Mr. Potter. And when I look back at it, you know, just, its like she lied to me. Actually, quite the contrary. Sometimes it was so cold my toes turned blue. And if its not okay its not the end. Because I cant. The shpritz of Aramis, the bu of the Oxfords, the tying of the perfect Windsor knot. Bid them all fly!For when I am revenged upon my charm,I have done all. 47 children were rescued, I was one of them. Im old. . Or the people who came before. admits] no man without honor, and thy jealous pride, by this foul [lit. Shes obviously fine with his wearing anything, you know, around the apartment but she was convinced letting him trick-or-treat like that in the building . But am I the criminal mastermind who pulled off a series of violent murders? A monologue from the play by David French. I was free. All I know is that my adults, the ones assigned to me, they dont seem to want me around, or I can put it differently, they dont want to be around me. Now heres Charlie. New York: Brantanos, 1922. Go on. Farewell! The opposite side to you. You dont get it: I cling to Karen; I cling to her. In a way, I put all my romanticism into that one night, and I was never able to feel all this again. Tis foolishness, I ween,To overstep in aught the golden mean. But you know what? Just kind of messed up. There is one for this person, and another for that. I understand your trepidation in repeating it. There is an overwhelming, and there is an all-pervading, hatreda hatredof people like you. Like that time, I came home. No teachers. I knew that I must die,Een hadst thou not proclaimed it; and if deathIs thereby hastened, I shall count it gain.For death is gain to him whose life, like mine,Is full of misery. . And would it be any better if I was too hot, Mother? That one tonight, who was he? Your bones will turn to sand. ), I dont know if it was a girl dressed like a guy or a guy dressed like a girl dressed like a guy. The Best Monologues of the 80s - Women 6. Hes gone; and on his finger bears my signet,Which is to him a sceptre. I will count every minute that the kids are away from here, away from you, as a victory. Do you still spend your nights dozing over a textbook in that leather chair as if youre really there? Shes so beautiful. . Except that I loved her. Hes got all these interviews happening and theyre obviously not on his terms and she feels like we owe it to him to set clearer boundaries at home. heres not a day goes by I dont feel regret. Protect it. Count, be now the instructor of my prince! Civilization is crumbling. Youre Virtual Dad! Youre right, I cant pretend to understand what youre going through. Clever enough to learn what poison you used to murder Myrcella. O rage! It was an abortion, Michael! O bosom black as deathO limed soul, that, struggling to be free,Art more engagd! I dont have any of your magic, Walt. It took everything. what old or newer tortureMust I receive, whose every word deservesTo taste of thy most worst? Its terrifying. Wait? Did my father strike my gentleman for chiding of his fool?By day and night he wrongs me; every hourHe flashes into one gross crime or other,That sets us all at odds: Ill not endure it:His knights grow riotous, and himself upbraids usOn every trifle. I know you dont want to move, but whatever house you choose will be yours. For the drama lies all in thisin the conscience that I have, that each one of us has. Today, it is headed in another. A son! And I have seen boys like these, younger than these, their arms torn out, their legs ripped off. Sal becomes embarrassed.). I hurt badly! Why they hate us so much. endobj And I cant even tell now what my altitude is. There is no alternative to justice in this case. But Ill tell you this. On April 3rd 1972, a C5A Galaxy transport plane with 243 infants, children, volunteers, and crew took off from Saigon as part of Operation Babylift. And an apple pie. Actually, why he would hate the name the Hangman is baffling to me. Affiliate links provides compensation to Daily Actor which helps us remain online, giving you the resources and information actors like you are looking for. Well, yknow, Ill tell you what there is about me. Young Women's Contemporary Monologues, Dramatic 1. Am I sorry for what I did? I dont know. The other thing about depression is it kind of collapses time. It wasnt long till they came for me. View And Turning, Stay by Kellie Powell Age Range: 16 - 20 Amy is in high school. that I [shall] die whether it be accomplished, or whether it be not accomplished. You hold this boys future in your hands, committee. I havent kept a calendar for five years. Let him continue on his journey. Female Theatre Monologues for Teens Dry Land (Ruby Rae Speigel) Ester: I've been sleeping in my swimsuit. And I had said, you know, we could talk about it. . (Pause. Racism is built into the DNA of America. You said, lets talk truthfully, even shamelessly, then! Has a rat ever done anything to you to create this animosity you feel toward them? You speak with the best intention of his goodness, but I fear you are dazzled by false appearances. I drank without thinking. take up piano; Im taking piano. and which in this insult has served me for show, and not for defence, go, abandon henceforth the most dishonored [lit. You cant do that. endobj the last] of his race; pass, to avenge me, into better hands! 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. Well, in my book he died a much richer man than youll ever be. As big as mountains. To whom should I complain? 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! He just went to bed unusually early, A monologue from the play by Mando Alvarado. You do a thing long enough, your whole life, I guess . A monologue from the play by Pedro Calderon De La Barca. (Pause.). Because of this thing tomorrow. I have no visuals of prom dresses or favorite sweater or shoes I couldnt live without. The 61-year-old actor was joined by his wife, Laura Louie, 55 . endobj Be gone!Exit SCARUSO sun, thy uprise shall I see no more.Fortune and Antony part here; even hereDo we shake hands. Ive never heard anyone say Im happy and actually feel it. So Mary Beth, my therapist, says I flunked Peek-A-Boo. . How I loved you! Child Soldier 4. But I will not follow thesewhere my honor is concerned, the captivation of my feelings does not abate my courage. We and our partners use data for Personalised ads and content, ad and content measurement, audience insights and product development. If you buy something through one of these links, we may earn an affiliate commission at no additional cost to you. Pray you, look not sad,Nor make replies of loathness: take the hintWhich my despair proclaims; let that be leftWhich leaves itself: to the sea-side straightway:I will possess you of that ship and treasure.Leave me, I pray, a little: pray you now:Nay, do so; for, indeed, I have lost command,Therefore I pray you: Ill see you by and by. Watch the movie 1979 (Jon Finch)|1973 (Globe on Screen). Here are some one-minute comedic monologues for kids to try: 1. What an ignominious end that would have been. I think you think Im weak. him did you leave,Second to none, unseconded by you,To look upon the hideous god of warIn disadvantage; to abide a fieldWhere nothing but the sound of Hotspurs nameDid seem defensible: so you left him.Never, O never, do his ghost the wrongTo hold your honour more precise and niceWith others than with him! Lawrence Harbison has selected 100 terric monologues for men from contemporary plays, all by characters between the ages of 18 and 35 perfect for auditions or class. Illusions, Mr. Anderson. Detroit 11. So, yknow what? Why do you do it? (Pause) In my village at home it is the exceptional man who can even read a newspaper or who ever sees a book at all. My father sold shoes. And if its an old wine, how many of them must be dead by now. But somebody told me it was important so here it goes. Or which of your friendsHave I not strove to love, although I knewHe were mine enemy? Until theyre so old and broken-down that You know how long it takes a workin man to save five thousand dollars? His touch stayed with me long after the pain had gone and I longed for it. She says shed rather stay home and clean the apartment. What are the chances of that really? A monologue from the tv series created by Sam Levinson. A monologue from the screenplay by Paddy Chayefsky. And I decided on that day that I was Undine Barnes, who bore no relationship to those people. A monologue from the screenplay by Chap Taylor & Michael Tolkin. I know now that its over. You neednt try to comfort me. I think its safe to say that I have explored the full range of rage. Did not the judge style itA house of penitent whores? But I think I bore you. Just let me help you, Gavin. And sensitive. 44 Dramatic Monologues For Teens. Does this my hair not tell the tale?Can you not see these scars,these signs of savage blows, this blood?And are you men of honour?Are you my father and my kin?Are you so cold, so cruelyour very souls arent torn apartto see such suffering?But no, your town is aptly named,and youre not men, but sheep!Let me be armed for battle, then,if youre so hard of heart,such stocks and stones, such tigresses . I think nature is really going to help. 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. But I will teach and work and things will happen, slowly and swiftly. Now youre supposed to be here, but youre gone at the same time, sort of like .