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Dramatic monologue is a type of poetry written in the form of a speech of an individual character. M.H. Abrams notes the following three features of the dramatic monologue as it applies to poetry: The single person, who is patently not the poet, utters the speech that makes up the whole of the poem, in a specific situation at a critical moment
The Flying Machine: A One-Act Play for Three Men (1953), by Ray Bradbury; Fools (1981), by Neil Simon; Fortitude (1968), by Kurt Vonnegut; Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune (1982), by Terrence McNally; The Frog Prince (1982), by David Mamet; The Front Page (1928), by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur; Fugitive Kind (1937), by Tennessee Williams
The Children's Monologues is a theatrical performance featuring the adapted stories of children's first-hand experiences in South Africa. It was directed by Danny Boyle and first produced as a one-off charity performance in November 2010 at the Old Vic Theatre in London in aid of Danny Boyle's arts charity Dramatic Need .
"A Lady of Letters" is a dramatic monologue written by Alan Bennett in 1987 for television, as part of his Talking Heads series for the BBC. The series became very popular, moving onto BBC Radio, international theatre, becoming one of the best-selling audio book releases of all time and included as part of both the A-level and GCSE English syllabus. [1]
Talking Heads is a 1988 TV series of dramatic monologues written for BBC television by British playwright Alan Bennett.The first series was broadcast on BBC1 in 1988, and adapted for radio on BBC Radio 4 in 1991.
A Singular Kinda Guy: A monologue about a man who believes he is actually a typewriter. Speed-the-Play: A parody of the works of American playwright David Mamet; his major works are each lampooned. Ancient History: A couple discusses tradition and relationships before and after they hold a party; one of the few dramatic works in All in the Timing.
The Storyteller Sequence is a series of one act dramas written for young people by Philip Ridley. The plays, all set in east London, use fairytale stories and theatrical conventions to reveal the traumas of their young protagonists. To date there are five plays in the sequence, although Ridley has intimated there will eventually be seven. [1]
Feydeau was born in Paris to middle-class parents and raised in an artistic and literary environment. From an early age he was fascinated by the theatre, and as a child he wrote plays and organised his schoolfellows into a drama group. In his teens he wrote comic monologues and moved on to writing longer plays.