Monologue for Drama School Application

Hey,

Maybe try:-
Benedick - Much Ado About Nothing - 'This can be no trick...'
Bottom - Midsummer - 'I have had a most rare vision...'
Mark Antony - Julius Caesar - 'Friends, Romans, Countrymen...' OR 'If you have tears, prepare to shed them now...'
Edmund - King LEar - 'Thou, nature, art my goddess...'

There are loads. Just try and find one that suits you :)

Ben

• 10 years ago
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Which drama school are you applying for?

• 10 years ago
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In all seriousness,

http://www.shakespeare-monologues.org

is an awesome resource, you can browse just the monologues by play, gender and character. Good for finding something a little more off the wall!

Don't be afraid of doing something cliched if you can pull it off really well.

The key things to remember are figuring out who you're delivering your monologue too (another character which you can project onto the audience/panel and work with like a real scene partner), and making sure you're hitting the iambic pentameter well and not just spewing words at the audience!

Some of Hamlet's other monologues are great (and even To Be is so over done that people don't go near it, so it's almost under done)

Mark Antony - "Pardon me you bleeding piece of earth", if you want to go nuts with anger ;)

Macbeth - "She should have died hereafter", or "To be thus is nothing" if you can play a bit older.

Do something you could be cast in tomorrow.

Hope all that helps!

• 10 years ago
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Hi Connor
Are you from Liverpool ?
I'm only asking because my advice would be to do your modern piece in your own voice so that they can see the real you .

• 10 years ago
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I agree with Alison.

I'd suggest trying to find a monologue (both modern and Shakespearean) that isn't very common.

Of course make sure the monologues are contrasting - one serious/tragic/romantic, one comical.

Make sure they have a journey - there is a definite beginning, middle, and end, and try to find one which you can use a variety of emotions.

Try to avoid monologues that involve lines from another character, the other character isn't there to say them, and I know this is a bit of a pet peeve at some schools.

If you can get to London, I'd suggest going to Samuel French (http://www.samuelfrench-london.co.uk/), they used to be really good for finding monologues (they had a folder with suggestions so you could then find the play) and the Royal Court shop. Avoid using monologues from monologue books as these are really common.

I hope that helps for things to look out for :)

Best of luck,

Laura

• 10 years ago
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