I said: ‘Charlie, you love me?’ So he says – his eyes are half closed, he can hardly keep awake – he says: ‘What do you mean, how much? What do you want me to do, write out a profit-and-loss statement?’ he’s a bookkeeper, you know. So he says, ‘What?’ His eyes are still closed. I woke up in the middle of the night last night, and I look down at him. I look at Charlie sometimes, and he looks handsome to me. Everything and everybody seems rosy to you. He’s so sweet, you know? I guess this is the way you get when you’re having a baby. What do you think they’re going to do, find some girls in the street? If some girl came over to Charlie, he would sit there, frowning and thinking it all out for about an hour, and then he’d get up and he’d say: ‘Well, miss, I really don’t think so.’ What can they do? Get a little drunk? Charlie doesn’t drink, anyway. I will not swap my certain glory for your undependable love. And I will not trade those for a dependency on you. And when people desire you in such a manner, then you can envisage a steady river of gold lapping at your doorstep, not five pound here or there for pity or bed favours, not a noble’s ransom for holding you hostage from the thing you love, but a lifetime of money amassed through your own endeavours. They want me and they want me over and over again. London walks into this theatre to see me – not George’s play nor Mr. I am not the sparrow you picked up in the roadside, my love. I am no Nell Gwyn, I will not give up the stage as soon as a King or a Lord has seen me on it and, wishing me to be his and his alone, will then pay a fortune to keep me off it. I wish to continue being the creature I am. It is not being a mistress I am tired of, John. You have no understanding, do you? You have comprehended – just – that I am tired of being your mistress and your solution is to conscript me into becoming your wife. If you are related by blood you are akin. Contemptible.Ĭloistered: reclusive, secluded, often related to being in a monastery or other religious order that is isolated from the world.Īkin: similar to in character, related in some way. Wretchedness: is the feeling of being uncomfortable, miserable or inferior. Beautiful.īuffeted: hit repeatedly (beaten), often by storms or adversities. She fights through her sadness to make him feel better. Whom chance may to these regions bring, and learnīackground Information: Helen, a young noble woman, does all she can to make her love Sir Hubert de Grey feel better about leaving. I too shall every southern stranger question, I spend my peaceful days, and let it cheer thee. Thou’lt hear, the while, that in my father’s house Weak as I am, with some good courage bearĪnd let not sad and mournful thoughts of meĭepress thee thus.

With humble cheerfulness to heaven, and feelĪnd may not I, by heaven’s kind mercy aided, I am not, as thou thinkst, a thing so lostĪll whom misfortune with her rudest blastsįrom cloistered cells, from hermits’ caves, from holdsĪnd dreary prison-house, do raise their thoughts Helen: O go not from me with that mournful look!Īlas! Thy generous heart, depressed and sunk,

We must always be specific with our work, generalisation is the enemy of all great acting. Actors generally are very good at being truthful and connected, but they don’t bring the world of the character to life. I get to watch 100s of monologues every month and this lack of context is the main thing that is missed. Reading the play will give you important information about the character as well as the given circumstances surrounding the monologue: where you are, what has just happened and so on. It is also a must to read the play the monologue is from. Make sure you thoroughly read through the text to understand its meaning, looking up any unfamiliar words.Ī monologue will come alive if it is acutely understood. Shakespeare monologues are also fantastic for flexing your actors muscle. This list comprises mainly of classical texts. Classical texts are typically richer and more challenging: exactly what all actors require to improve their skills. It includes a range of both Dramatic and Comedic monologues. This is a list of great monologues for women.

Comedic monologues for women