LNC Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 daughter btw... She did this monologue from Alice in Wonderland for a Christmas play last month. She needs another monologue for the class play and Alice is hard to top!! 'Dear, dear! How queer everything is to-day! And yesterday things went on just as usual. I wonder if I've been changed in the night? Let me think: was I the same when I got up this morning? I almost think I can remember feeling a little different. But if I'm not the same, the next question is, Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle!' And she began thinking over all the children she knew that were of the same age as herself, to see if she could have been changed for any of them. 'I'm sure I'm not Ada,' she said, 'for her hair goes in such long ringlets, and mine doesn't go in ringlets at all; and I'm sure I can't be Mabel, for I know all sorts of things, and she, oh! she knows such a very little! Besides, she's she, and I'm I, and—oh dear, how puzzling it all is! I'll try if I know all the things I used to know. Let me see: four times five is twelve, and four times six is thirteen, and four times seven is—oh dear! I shall never get to twenty at that rate! However, the Multiplication Table doesn't signify: let's try Geography. London is the capital of Paris, and Paris is the capital of Rome, and Rome—no, that's all wrong, I'm certain! I must have been changed for Mabel! I'll try and say "How doth the little—"' and she crossed her hands on her lap as if she were saying lessons, and began to repeat it, but her voice sounded hoarse and strange, and the words did not come the same as they used to do:— 'How doth the little crocodile Improve his shining tail, And pour the waters of the Nile On every golden scale! 'How cheerfully he seems to grin, How neatly spread his claws, And welcome little fishes in With gently smiling jaws!' 'I'm sure those are not the right words,' said poor Alice, and her eyes filled with tears again as she went on, 'I must be Mabel after all, and I shall have to go and live in that poky little house, and have next to no toys to play with, and oh! ever so many lessons to learn! No, I've made up my mind about it; if I'm Mabel, I'll stay down here! It'll be no use their putting their heads down and saying "Come up again, dear!" I shall only look up and say "Who am I then? Tell me that first, and then, if I like being that person, I'll come up: if not, I'll stay down here till I'm somebody else"—but, oh dear!' cried Alice, with a sudden burst of tears, 'I do wish they would put their heads down! I am so very tired of being all alone here!' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelaNYC Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Dd's high school has a big list of plays in which to find great monologues - just not the monologues themselves. Would you like that link? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNC Posted August 3, 2012 Author Share Posted August 3, 2012 Dd's high school has a big list of plays in which to find great monologues - just not the monologues themselves. Would you like that link? Yes! I am having a terrible time googling for examples of appropriate monologues from works/plays similar to Alice in Wonderland... She doesn't want to perform Shakespeare or something too pop culture/old for her etc... Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelaNYC Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Here you go: SUGGESTED PLAYS WITH MONOLOGUES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tutor Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 (edited) Tillie's monologue from The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds or the opening monologue from the movie Rebecca (can't find a link - - she may be too young for it, though) ETA: you can hear it starting at 1:38) Edited August 3, 2012 by Tutor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fhjmom Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 What play is she auditioning for? What part is she hoping to get? I would try to find a monologue that will showcase something about the character whom she is hoping to be cast. If it is a comedic part, find something funny. If the part is more serious or brooding, look for something dramatic. Our director does not want actors to use anything from the play they are auditioning for, but if she can get something with the same style, so the director sees her audition and immediately thinks, "oh, she would make a great (insert character)" then all the better! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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