Monologue 1

Shopping and fucking 

1996 play by English playwright mark race hill 

First public reading at the finborough theatre London in 1995 

2 sides, sexual violent context , which includes pseudo- rape of an average make by other males 

Other we're drawn to the plays black humour. 

 

Research ; 

Ravenhill 1996 

Nationality : British 

Established himself as one of the most important playwrights to emerge from the 1990's 

Provocative , dark witty 

His plays consistently probe the debased culture of our times. 

Tips for monologue

Be yourself, always think positive making sure that you have a good posture while standing speaking directly to the audience, always showing politeness. 

There are a few monologues I am considering these are ; 

Shopping and f**king 

By mark raven hill 

The character will be ; Lulu 

OR 

Low level panic 

By Clare McIntyre 

Character ; Jo 

First rule to perform a monologue walking in the room, posture at all times, relaxed shoulders aswell as smiling and feeling comfortable when walking through the door. Then introduce the monologue, aswell as describing the character and what equalities il be interpreting. 

I felt the tips that I directly got given was great help due to upcoming auditions aswell as for my monologue preparation. 

Acting technique

Acting 

To gain the right technique & understanding of how to access a Distinction therefore for my monologue I need to ; 

Develop characterisation 

Develop and Rehearse speech showing

How you respond to direction 

Perform using skills and imagination 

The objects for my monologue would be about a mother who has had enough of her typical everyday jobs that she has to face with her family. The mother looks after herself as well as her husband and child, rushing around everymorning to make sure all duties are done before her child 'Sally' goes to school, then she will get herself ready to follow a hard day at work to come back to the same repetitive duties. Therefore she wants a break , from the monologue a sentence ' I can't take it anymore' rephrases that she needs a break its all getting to much. 

Here are pictures respresenting a relation with the text , here is one recreating the quote of ' look in the mirror eurgh' 

Here is another of my first line of the monologue ' I can't take it no more ' this picture is showing the anger and frustration of how her lifestyle is. 

My monologue is showing and describing a typical mothers daily life with children, no time to their self. Getting frustrated and angry of the repetition of every day life showing low self- concept during the monologue.