The Cid 6. My doctor gave me a prescription last week for a drug for nausea,and I just checked it on the internet and it says that it can cause fevers. You are selfish and you are oblivious and you are all terrible people. But here I see them weeping and playing cards and flying into passions like everybody else. Believe what you choose about me. every year I must grow more imperious, more dominating, more terrorizing to hold supremacy over this new independent generation. that, in noble souls, worth alone ought to arouse passions; and, if my love sought to excuse itself, a thousand famous examples might sanction it. "The Loman Family Picnic" by Donald Margulies This monologue is extremely self-aware. destiny has allowed that love should continue even between two enemies. It were a fire you walked me through, and all my ignorance was burned away. I dunno what it is, but its a lonesome place and always was. This fellow has undone me endlessly;Never was bride so fearfully distressd.The more I think upon th ensuing night,And whom I am to cope with in embracesOne [whos] ennobled both in blood and mind,So clear in understanding, thats my plague now,Before whose judgment will my fault appearLike malefactors crimes before tribunals,There is no hiding ontthe more I diveInto my own distress. When I look back on it, it seems to me as if I had been living here like a poor womanjust from hand to mouth. Home | Uncategorized | 27 ONE MINUTE MONOLOGUES FOR WOMEN, A monologue from the play by Eugene ONeill. Below are 10 short dramatic monologue audition cuts that can be paired up to create that memorable musical theatre audition package. After having a sexual relationship with her patient, Chad Manning, at Middleton Hospital, Jolene was accused of raping him. . I had to give myself to you, even though I knew you hardly cared. Mrs. Hale's Monologue from Trifles including context, text and video example. Is it not strange, too, that a famous author should sit fishing all day? You know sometimes I think about her, and somehow shes still alive. Detroit 11. Impenetrable 6. Gate-Keeper, perhaps, or Madame Dumpheap.. When you stop speaking, its like stopping eating. That's why I don't like being on my own. The house, the stables -everything was burned, under circumstances that pointed strongly to an incendiary. Methinks that yetTheres blood thereon.Ah, God! Sarah, Sarah 3. They tell me I am getting old, that I must rest. He will require from you that you make his life fine, that you watch over him. PROTECTIVE SHIELD Rita opens up to her friend about how she doesn't know how to talk without feeling nervous. I could have been a stick in the mud as far as he was concerned. As for me, if suffering be an expiation, then at this moment I have expiated all my faults, whatever they have been; for to-night you have made a heart in one who had it not, made it and broken it.But let that pass. Im done with the schools, with the bills, with the appointments. Good-bye Victor, dear. If he was harsh to you, you must stay with your child. HULLABALOO Maggie is deeply distressed over her son who spent the previous night in the slammer. Go, go bragYou have left me heartless, mine is in your bosom,I hope twill multiply love there. 19 Dramatic Monologues For Women From Movies 1. I know Ben does, I know it. You were nothing before you met me! Who do I look like now? Go, go bragHow many ladies you have undone, like me.Fare you well sir; let me hear no more of you.I had a limb corrupted to an ulcer,But I have cut it off: and now Ill goWeeping to heaven on crutches. But dont spoil your beautiful young life on my account! 8 Intense Female Dramatic Monologues ONE-WAY CONVERSATION Bella opens up to her mother about how alone and ignored she feels in the family, especially with her own mother. Id only trip on it now! Tis Pity, She's A Wh*re 9. What have I gained by thee but infamy?Thou hast stained the spotless honour of my house,And frightened thence noble society:Like those which, sick o th palsy, and retainIll-scenting foxes bout them, are still shunnedBy those of choicer nostrils. Debbie is class president, shes on the debate team going to nationals! I am a prize among women. As bare as some December tree I saw them allwalking like saints to church, running to feed the sick, and hypocrites in their hearts! for how many sorrows [lit. I would have stopped it then out of pity for her, if I could have, if I didnt know that any interference would only make matters worse. through rageCurse not with hopeless blight the abode of man.I too on Zeus rely; why speak of that?And sole among the gods I know the keyThat opes the halls where seald thunder sleeps.But such we need not. Liam is top of his class, he set the curve. Making it easier to find monologues since 1997. A monologue from the screenplay/tv-show by Peter Nowalk, Michael Russo, Abby Ajayi, and Erika Green Swafford. Because this world doesnt belong to you. I had to fight my way when I was your agebecause I was not pretty. A monologue from the screenplay/tv-show by Ryan Murphy. You were my mum too. O Mother, fill mine hair with happy flowers,And speed me forth. Let some good manPass this way, to whose trust I may commitThis paper double-lined with tears and blood:Which being granted, here I sadly vowRepentance, and a leaving of that lifeI long have died in. It belongs to someone who is yet to come, A monologue from the play by Arthur Miller, Abigail is trying to coax the man she had an affair with to stop rejecting her. Elyot was the first love affair of my life, and in spite of all the suffering he caused me before. I'm going to cultivate you. Then they will place his swords across the coffinand the Counts line is extinct. It is perfectly clear that your husband has been playing a little comedy to make you jealous, to revive your interest in him. The first day theres something thrilling, and new, before the pain begins. This is flesh and blood, sir,Tis not the figure cut in alabasterKneels at my husband tomb. A monologue from the play by Ferenc Molnar. You havent got the kind of brains that enables a woman to get back. Nothing changes. All Rights Reserved, 27 Contemporary Dramatic Monologues for Women, 27 Effective Short Dramatic Monologues for Women, 27 Female Contemporary Audition Monologues, 27 One-Act Plays for Female Drama Monologues, 27 Original Contemporary Drama Monologues for Women, Monologues for Women: 27 Dramatic Pieces for Auditions, Monologues Winners: 27 Contemporary Female Monologues, Twenty Seven Effective Short Monologues for Women, 10 Best Drama School Monologues from Plays. Then came the big fire which of course you have heard about. Then when you feel yourself want to ask for marriage with me, you must think twice. .But part I must let be,And speak not. . Isnt that right honey? As big as the mountains. Running time is anywhere from 1-2-3 minutes long. But you would have it so. I can see now Not having children makes less work. Just for the summer! Is this the love thou bearst Horatio?Is this the kindness that thou counterfeits?Are these the fruits of thine incessant tears?Hieronimo, are these thy passions,Thy protestations and thy deep laments,That thou wert wont to weary men withal?O unkind father! Now suddenly everyone needs everything, and the doors are closed! and how invoke my Sire?Shall I declare that from a loving wifeTo her dear lord I bear them? God gave you that child. I had to bind up my human instincts as they bind up the breasts of mothers who flow too bounteously with life-blood long after their babes have need of it. Then its over. Else, let her pray for death.Her lord, if he be wearied of the faceWithindoors, gets him forth; some merrier placeWill ease his heart: but she waits on, her wholeVision enchaind on a single soul.And then, forsooth, tis they that face the callOf war, while we sit sheltered, hid from allPeril!False mocking! I may have wrecked my own life, but I will not let you wreck yours. Val Xavier's Monologue from Orpheus Descending including context, text and video example. I grow dizzy when I look down, but down I must. It is perfectly true, Torvald. Someone who loves you. There is scarcely a man connected with the theater who doesnt make use of us in that way some time or another. what hast thou done?Nay, sheathe thy sword!Thou must outlive us.Now Ill tell thee the graves to give us:Thou must begin to-morrowThe work of sorrow!The best place give to my mother,Then close at her side my brother,And me a little away,But not too very far, I pray!And here, on my right breast, my baby lay!Nobody else will lie beside me!Ah, within thine arms to hide me,That was a sweet and a gracious bliss,But no more, no more can I attain it!I would force myself on thee and constrain it,And it seems thou repellest my kiss:And yet tis thou, so good, so kind to see! The Cid 6. 1. it shrinks, until the prospect of speaking, the thought of words retching from the mouth, how ugly and gross it seems. it never succeeds in either extinguishing the love, or accepting the lover! The gift of my love. It happens to every actress who is moderately pretty and successful. Dates: Audition dates, shooting . You see, my dear, I was in love with you. FABULATION 10. and Ive been too embarrassed to call Luke. You have never been utterly dependent on another person for happiness. That which is next, is ten times worse. Such ideas come to me in the evening when I cant go to sleep. Whats my thanks? And Rachel was very, very quiet. Although the kid giving the monologue might not understand all the jokes, it's all in the delivery. In this scene. You dont know what it is. But these things are a Gods doing and are thus. I know Ill sleep all the better. What do you call this house?Is this your palace? If he abandoned you, your place is with your child. I rebelled against it, but it was no use. You know what, youre right. Once- a long time ago- I suffered as she is suffering- from this same mistake. I know the powerOf God is on me: but this little hour,Wilt thou but listen, I will hold him back! They had no child but you, no hope if you were dead that other children might be born to them. And you! Thou hast destroyed my hopes,Made me an orphan, him and me bereftOf a dear father, by no wrongs enforced.My mother basely wedding, thou hast slainThe glorious leader of the Grecian arms,Yet never didst thou tread the fields of Troy.Nay, such thy folly, thou couldst hope to findMy mother, shouldst thou wed her, nought of illTo thee intending: hence my fathers bedBy thee was foully wronged. All of you. ChOephori Or The Libation Bearers 11. I thought I would throw back my head and utter a scream you could hear across the Arkansas border an parts of Louisiana an Tennessee. Rose is an eccentric character, and this monologue is very wistful and serious. . He is worthy of me, but he belongs to Chimne; the present which I made of him [to her], injures me. But I didnt do what that man says, I promise you. . Good luck. Tis not a dream!Thy dear, dear hand!But, ah, tis wet!Why, wipe it off! Yet he who begot you, she who brought you forth, abandoned you when it had been beautiful in them to die, beautiful to die with dignity to save their son! A monologue from the screenplay/tv-show by Laurie Nunn. (totally in control) Monday morning, youre history. ArroganceSwelled thy vain mind, for that the royal houseWas thine, and beauty graced thy perfect form.But be not mine a husband whose fair faceIn softness with a virgins vies, but oneOf manly manners; for the sons of suchBy martial toils are trained to glorious deeds:The beauteous only to the dance give grace.Perish, thou wretch, to nothing noble formed;Such was thou found, and vengeance on thy headAt length hath burst; so perish all, that dareAtrocious deeds! it waxes, nears me nowWoe, woe for me, Apollo of the dawn!Lo, how the woman-thing, the lionessCouched with the wolfher noble mate afarWill slay me, slave forlorn! You make jokes but it is not funny. Not the axe that craveth me,And more than me; not the dark wanderingsOf mother-murder that my bridal brings,And all the House of Atreus down, down, down . Its the only explanation for all the crazy stuff thats been happening. I play rival to my cookohohoh! Let them be masters in my house; marry not again, and set a stepmother over them, a woman harsher than I. who in her jealousy will lift her hand against my children and yours. Dramatic Monologues for Women. Sure, far-comers anywhere,I know, must bow them and be gentle. Really Really 7. There is that little presumptuous May Whigham. I did a great f***ing job! KIMBERLY AKIMBO 15. So I feel that perhaps I have a right to speak for Eileen who has no one else. My father will returnand find his desk broken intohis money gone! The monologue Lisa is famously known for is when she confronts Daisy regarding the sexual abuse she has from her father. The White Devil 4. Oedipus the King 2. Do not forget this gift, for I shall ask-not a recompense. The new stepmother hates the first wifes children, the viper itself is not more cruel. Youwhy, you are a mere girl, you would be lost. And my fatherhell have a shock and die, and then that will be the end. I was there when Maurice was born. Amanda has been dating her fellow actor but is concerned that what goes on behind the scenes will damage what takes . Hold it till my next birthday. A monologue from the play by William Shakespeare. Sorry if I upset your friend. You have a child, Lady Windermere. He who least regardsSuch brainsick fantasies lives most at ease. How strange to see a famous actress weeping, and for such a trifle! O heaven! From candy-inspired monologues for kids to mean girl monologues for teens to hopeful love or scorned love these 35 monologues allow actors to dig into complexities and give a memorable performance, in one minute. Then he will ringthat bell. Esther was the bossy one. Nor deem, though fair his courseAt first, that he hath vanquished Justice ereHe shall have reached the goal, the end of life. to find the door shut against one, to have to creep in by hideous byways, afraid every moment lest the mask should be stripped from ones face. I said to our charming sister-in-law, Mae, honey, couldnt you feed those precious little things at a separate table with an oilcloth cover? Dont scold, Mother darling. These monologues from plays all feature three-dimensional females with space for an actress to show off her character talent. Think of it, Brick, theyve got five of them and number six is coming. With what conclude?Or how pursue the train of my discourse?I never with the opening morn forboreTo breathe my silent plaints, which to thy faceI wished to utter, from my former fearsIf eer I should be free: I now am free.Now, to thee living what I wished to speak,I will recount. I am a better lover than a wife. But heres the thing, I tried college for a year. 43 Amazing Movie Monologues for Men. . I completely lost grip of myself and behaved like a fool,for which I shall pay all right, you neednt worry about that. Youve built this wind tunnel around you that celebrates your cult. 24 Best Classical Dramatic Monologues For Women 1. O deceitful world!With what excuses canst thou show thyselfWith what dishonor and the hate of menFrom this dishonor and the hate of men,Thus to neglect the loss and life of himWhom both my letters and thine own beliefAssures thee to be causeless slaughterd?Hieronimo, for shame, Hieronimo,Be not a history to aftertimesOf such ingratitude unto thy son.Unhappy mothers of such children then!But monstrous fathers to forget so soonThe death of those whom they with care and costHave tendered so, thus careless should be lost.Myself a stranger in respect of thee,So loved his life as still I wish their deaths.Nor shall his death be unrevenged by me,Although I bear it out for fashions sake,For here I swear, in sight of heaven and earth,Shouldst thou neglect the love thou shouldst retain,And give it over and devise no more,Myself should send their hateful souls to hellThat wrought his downfall with extremest death. .Nay, I will show thee. The wife is always so ready to believe it. Im protesting. Between them, the death of a father has interposed so little hatred, that the duty of blood with regret pursues him. Ill stop analyzing everything you do when you stop creating performative situations that you clearly want me to observe. My mother thinks I open curtains during Lion King. Paul was the one that made faces all the time. Im done. Hear them screaming? I stayed away because it werent cheerfuland thats why I ought to have come.IIve never liked this place. But it is all I can give. And I can do it, too! [Reading] If you would know whether a woman be with child or not, give her two spoonfuls of the white water in glass C. Wheres that glass C? They make such a mess an the lace cloth looks so pretty!She made enormous eyes at me and said. From murdered ferrets, floods and fangs, to guns, sirens and firesthese monologues are sure to keep your audience leaning in. [Reading] How to know whether a woman be a maid or not. If that should be applyd, what would become of me?Belike he has a strong faith of my purity,That never yet made proof; but this he calls[Reading] A merry slight but true experiment,The author, Antonius Mizaldus.Give the party you suspect the quantityof a spoonful of the water in the glass M,which upon her that is a maid makes three several effects: twill make her incontinently gape,then fall into a sudden sneezing, last into a violent laughing; else dull, heavy, and lumpish.Where had I been?I fear it, yet tis seven hours to bedtime. You dog with my collar on, you lackey with my fathers hallmark on your buttons. 23 Best Disney Movie Monologues For Auditions (30 sec - 2 min long) 20 FUNNY MALE MONOLOGUES FROM MOVIES Read more. No one at Westerburgs going to let you play their reindeer games. And winters coming, and theres not a hope in hell of buying fuel! Its about what I did. You think I am weak. He is the idol of the public, the papers are full of him, his photograph is for sale everywhere. Can I have a bowl of your finest oysters. THE MOONLIGHT ROOM 8. You know, Ive expended so much energy over the years trying to get you to notice me. Your horrors effaced. Yes, its too bad because you cant wring their necks if theyve got no necks to wring! Contact 9. She tells the team her story before court. Changing Lanes 8. And you were free, and your heart was your own, and nobody could hurt you. . Heres his closet,The key left int, and he abroad i th park.Sure twas forgot; Ill be so bold as look int.Bless me! All of you? The plain facts of the case are these. I dont know where their voice boxes are located since they dont have necks. We live in two rooms and we sleep in sleeping bags. TWO SHADES AWAY Melanie is going through an emotional dilemma and struggles to figure out her road to happiness. Youre pretending to m*sturbate and Im wondering why? You see, my mother was not of noble birth. . "Nervous" - Short Dramatic Monologue for Female (1 minute) - This solo script is a good short dramatic piece for a woman to show some strong emotion that comes from past memories and worries. But Im sure you have none. does it not show too clearly over whom thou art destined to reign? . Ah, ah the fire! There comes the stingOf the whole shame. [Reading] And if she be with child,she sleeps full twelve hours after; if not, not.None of that water comes into my belly.Ill know you from a hundred; I could break you nowOr turn you into milk, and so beguileThe master of the mystery, but Ill look to you.Ha! Usually we dont know a thing about it. The Seagull 13. Yea, for these laws were not ordained of Zeus,And she who sits enthroned with gods below,Justice, enacted not these human laws.Nor did I deem that thou, a mortal man,Couldst by a breath annul and overrideThe immutable unwritten laws of Heaven.They were not born today nor yesterday;They die not; and none knoweth whence they sprang.I was not like, who feared no mortals frown,To disobey these laws and so provokeThe wrath of Heaven. BEAUTIFUL DAY This monologue is about feeling beautiful on the inside more so than on the outside. I might assuredly answer to thee. Oh, Mother, please dont be sad! Go back to that child who even now, in pain or in joy, may be calling to you. For your gifts,I will return them all; and I do wishThat I could make you full executorTo all my sins that I could toss myselfInto a grave as quickly: for all thou art worthIll not shed one tear more Ill burst first. Not slighted are ye, powers august! But dont you realize what it is to feel that another person has absolute power over you? Ive covered my wall with postcards, with posters, with postcards, with posters. not this, let not this be, I entreat you! Its a long story. The Best 27 One Minute Monologues For Females 1. I came into the world against my mothers wishes, I discovered, and was brought up like a child of nature my mother, and taught everything that a boy must know as well; I was to be an example of a woman being as good as a man . Here, I've compiled 13 short monologues which cultivate a scenario of suspense, while conveying a memorable story and sympathetic character. You couldnt stand dishonor! I remember it so well, that I would shed my blood rather than degrade my rank. 41 Irresistible Movie Monologues For Females. THE MONSTER Life Is A Dream 3. Cos I mean, if I thought the rest of my life would be spent as a mindless cog in a machine, I swear Id just get a tattoo across my face that says:Really man?. and all the while to hear the laughter, the horrible laughter of the world, a thing more tragic than all the tears the world has ever shed. When a man asks me to marry him I have to say goodbye. She was brought up with ideas of equality, womans freedom and all that. Marina, discouraged, prepares to go as Fred enters with fishing gear) I am a realist! She always wore this hat. The Godfather 6. PIeasures, farewell, and all ye thriftless minutesWherein false joys have spun a weary life.To these my fortunes now I take my leave.Thou, precious Time, that swiftly ridst in postOver the world, to finish up the raceOf my last fate, here stay thy restless course,And hear to ages that are yet unbornA wretched, woeful womans tragedy.My conscience now stands up against my lustWith depositions charactered in guilt,And tells me I am lost: now I confessBeauty that clothes the outside of the faceIs cursd if it be not clothed with grace.Here like a turtle (mewed up in a cage)Unmated, I converse with air and walls,And descant on my vile unhappiness.O Giovanni, that hast had the spoilOf thine own virtues and my modest fame,Would thou hadst been less subject to those starsThat luckless reigned at my nativity:O would the scourge due to my black offenceMight pass from thee, that I alone might feelThe torment of an uncontrolled flame.That man, that blessed friar,Who joined in ceremonial knot my handTo him whose wife I now am, told me oftI trod the path to death, and showed me how.But they who sleep in lethargies of lustHug their confusion, making Heaven unjust,And so did I.Forgive me, my good genius, and this onceBe helpful to my ends. And for that matter I have no secrets. Dont you think I can stand the sight of blood? when the whole thing was past, as far as you were concerned it was exactly as if nothing at all had happened. I remember the last time she had given the orangutans our names. I'm your daughter. It includes a range of both Dramatic and Comedic monologues. Fourteen (14) Suspenseful Monologues by Tara Meddaugh. Rodrigo, thy valor renders thee worthy of me; but although thou art valiant, thou art not the son of a king. RAGE AMONGST YOURSELVES 14. I dont expect you to understand, and Im not going to try to excuse myself in any way. Meredith called me Shrinking Violet once during my freshman year and ever since then, everyone thinks my name is Violet. I always thought famous people were distant and proud; I thought they despised the common crowd which exalts riches and birth. "It'll Sound Silly" The Children. But I will not follow thesewhere my honor is concerned, the captivation of my feelings does not abate my courage. I need you to know now, I cannot marry you. It humiliated me, angered me. Farewell! THE STORY 3. Lady Bracknell, I admit with shame that I do not know. But I tell you what I do wish, Mrs Peters. This penitential robe will keep. A monologue from the screenplay/tv show by Kay Cannon (based on the autobiographical book by Sophia Amoruso). Lisa is provoked by Daisy, who was released and given a chance at a normal life. Child Soldier 4. I was utterly dependent on you. And everybody thinks Im crazy. The Straw (dramatic) 2. It swept me into your arms. (She turns and looks uponthe palace door.) Ill tell thee a miracle,I am not mad yet, to my cause of sorrow.Thheaven oer my head seems made of molten brass,The earth of flaming sulphur, yet I am not mad;I am acquainted with sad miseryAs the tanned galley-slave is with his oar.Necessity makes me suffer constantly,And custom makes it easy. And God gave me strength to call them liars, and God made men to listen to me, and by God I will scrub the world clean for the love of God. Out them. I should be Mrs. Ist not you?Ist not your high preferment? Oh, I should like to see your blood flowingto see your brain on the chopping block, all your sex swimming in a sea of blood. The thunder may roll. I saw him do a lot of good thingswhen the big boys picked on the smaller ones, he helped the little fellows out. Live happy! To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday (dramatic), 18. Oh! Meanwhile, I endure an incredible torture; even up to this bridal. On the morning of the day you mention, a day that is for ever branded on my memory, I prepared as usual to take the baby out in its perambulator. Of course, there are a couple of intense dramatic monologues from Shakespeare. Be appeased by me,Nor scatter oer the land, from froward tongue,The harmful seed that turneth all to bane.Of bitter rage lull ye the murky wave;Be venerated here and dwell with me.Sharing the first fruits of this ample realm,For children offered, and for nuptial rite,This word of mine thou wilt for ever praise.Ill bear thine anger, for mine elder thou,And wiser art, in that regard, than I.Yet me, with wisdom, Zeus not meanly dowers.But if now ye seek some alien soil,Will of this land enamourd be; of thisYou I forewarn; for onward-flowing timeShall these my lieges raise to loftier fame;And thou, in venerable seat enshrinedHard by Erectheus temple, shalt receiveHonours from men and trains of women, suchAs thou from other mortals neer mayst win.But cast ye not abroad on these my realms,To waste their building strength, whetstones of blood,Evoking frantic rage not born of wine;Nor, as out-plucking hearts of fighting cocks,Plant ye among my townsmen civil strife,Reckless of kindred blood; let foreign warRage without stint, affording ample scopeFor him who burns with glorys mighty rage.No war of home-bred cocks, I ween, is that!Such terms I proffer, thine it is to choose;Blessing and blest, with blessd rites revered,To share this country dear unto the gods. And yetI honored thee, as the wise will deem, rightly.Never had I been a mother of children,or if a husband had been moldering in death,would I have taken this task upon me in the citys despite.What law, ye ask, is my warrant for that word?The husband lost, another might have been found,and child from another, to replace the first-born;but, father and mother hidden with Hades,no brothers life could ever bloom for me again.Such was the law whereby I held thee first in honor;but Creon deemed me guilty of error therein,and of outrage, ah brother mine!And now he leads me thus, a captive in his hands;no bridal bed, no bridal song hath been mine,no joy of marriage, no portion in the nurture of children; but thus, forlorn of friends, unhappy one,I go living to the vaults of death.And what law of Heaven have I transgressed?Why, hapless one, should I look to the gods anymorewhat ally should I invokewhen by pietyI have earned the name of impious?