Is Roma the name of the character who has the "Night Luster" monologue?
The play is "Night Luster" by Laura Harrington. Here is the monologue: I don’t think people see me. I get this feeling sometimes like I’m invisible or something. I can be standing there in a room and I’m talking and everything, and it’s like my words aren’t getting anywhere and I look down at myself and sometimes my body isn’t getting anywhere either. It’s like I’m standing behind a one-way mirror and I can see the guys and I can hear the guys, but they can’t see me and they can’t hear me. And I start to wonder if maybe I’m ugly or something, like maybe I’m some alien species from another planet and I don’t speak the language and I look totally weird. But I don’t know this, you see, because on this other planet I had this really nice mother who told me I was beautiful and that I had a voice to die for because she loved me so much, not because it was true. And I arrive here on Earth and I’m so filled with her love and her belief in me that I walk around like I’m beautiful and I sing like I have a voice to die for. And because I’m so convinced and so strange and so deluded, people pretend to listen to me---because they’re being polite or something---or maybe they’re afraid of me. And at first I don’t notice because I sing with my eyes closed. But then one day I open my eyes and find out I’m living in this world where nobody sees me and nobody hears me. I’m just looking’ for that one guy who’s gonna hear me, see me, really take a chance. I mean, I hear them. I’m listening so hard I hear promises when somebody’s just sayin’ hello. If anybody ever heard what I’ve got locked up inside of me…I’d be a star. So, is the character performing this monologue named Roma? Please respond as quickly as possible. I'd greatly appreciate your help.
12 line monologue from Shakespeare?
If you are under a deadline, pick something that has rhythm and rhyme. To aid memorization, I like to walk while I recite over and over. I find this gets the words stuck to a natural rhythm. I'd suggest Puck's epilogue from Midsummer Night's Dream. This is 16 lines, but it's made of rhyming couplets so you can delete almost any pair of rhyming lines (provided the meaning remains intact). I've indicated with asterisks 4 lines that can easily be cut. If we shadows have offended, Think but this, and all is mended, That you have but slumber'd here While these visions did appear. *And this weak and idle theme, *No more yielding but a dream, *Gentles, do not reprehend: *if you pardon, we will mend: And, as I am an honest Puck, If we have unearned luck Now to 'scape the serpent's tongue, We will make amends ere long; Else the Puck a liar call; So, good night unto you all. Give me your hands, if we be friends, And Robin shall restore amends. Here's a very familiar speech from Romeo and Juliet. I've cut lines before and after to get you the 12 lines. But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun. Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon, Who is already sick and pale with grief, That thou her maid art far more fair than she: Be not her maid, since she is envious; Her vestal livery is but sick and green And none but fools do wear it; cast it off. It is my lady, O, it is my love! O, that she knew she were! She speaks yet she says nothing: what of that? Her eye discourses; I will answer it.
Julius Caesar Q: How do the funeral monologues delivered by Brutus and Antony compare in style and purpose?
If you look at the language, Brutus' speech is given in simple prose, which signifies that he is talking down to the audience. Since he did not speak in iambic pentameter, this shows that he is giving a kind of condescending speech. His purpose was to calm the people, and explain how Caesar was about to be a tyrant. Marc Antony's speech, however, is in iambic pentameter. This shows that he values his audience, as he is using higher speech and treating them as if they were all on the same class level. His speech's purpose is to remind the crowd about how much they adored Caesar, and then infuriate them against the Senators who killed him. His speech is much more effective than Brutus', because he 1. values his audience and 2. the end of his speech causes a riot against the Senators. I hope that helped :) Good luck with the rest of your homework!
What female Shakespeare monologue should I do to audition for Macbeth that's not from Macbeth?
Shakespeare was quite a feminist, really. You can do Portia's speech as Balthazar in, "Merchant Of Venice", or Calpurnia's speech in, "The Tragedy of Julius Caesar". Here's a complete list of monologues by female characters in Shakespeare: http://www.shakespeare-monologues.org/wo... Since you're auditioning for Macbeth, I suggest that you concentrate on the tragedies. All the best.
Theatre. I have to make up a monologue and i am doing a hippie. Any ideas?
First of all it needs a structure so break the monologue into 3 sections think of it like a three act play but not so much detail of course. You need to have an "objection" its fancy word for a goal, So what made her speak this monologue. Remember hippies are still people and deal with problems like the rest of us, they just choose to deal with it differently. So through this monologue if I was watching I would like to know these things: Who is she? Why is she speaking this? What does she need? What does she want? Whats stopping her? After that add on the characterization, So make it colorful use hippie words, terminology, refer to dates and hippie idols. Than physical side comes, so how would she walk?How would she sit? Would she play with her hair? What are her habits? How does she speak? Sorry I wish I could hep you more.
Female monologues from 1950-1960?
Monologue suggestions: Sally Bowles speech about her abortion regrets from "I am a Camera" Maggie's speech from "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" Mary Warren's speech relating to the Proctors what happened in court in "The Crucible" Louise's look-at-me-now speech from "Gypsy" I am having trouble thinking of some good comedic monologues from that period but her are some plays that have young female characters that probably have some good speeches: "The Happiest Millionaire" "The Marriage Go Round" "The Pleasure of His Company" "The Reluctant Debutante" Best plays? Well, I guess that's a matter of opinion but the following plays won the Pulitzer Prize: 1959-60: Fiorello!, 1958-59: J.B. 1957-58: Look Homeward Angel 1956-57: Long Day's Journey into Night 1955-56: Diary of Anne Frank 1954-55: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 1953-54: The Teahouse of the August Moon 1952-53: Picnic 1951-52: The Shriker 1949-50: South Pacific The Tony awards for best play were won by: 1950: The Cocktail Party 1951: The Rose Tattoo 1952: The Fourposter 1953: The Crucible 1954: The Teahouse of the August Moon 1955: The Desperate Hours 1956: The Diary of Anne Frank 1957: Long Day's Journey Into Night 1958: Sunrise at Campobello 1959: J.B.