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LHU307

Original Documentary Monologue Assignment

Step 1

Name: ______________________________________________________________________

For our first project, everyone will write an original monologue based on a historical figure. You may pick any important person you like, living or deceased, but it must be a real person about whom you can do research. Since our focus is theatre and society, consider people who have impacted the world in some way or are connected to an issue you care about. As with the monologues we watched this week, your documentary monologue should be told from the real person’s perspective.

For Step 1, answer the following questions.

1. Who will you research and write about?

2. List two sources below in which you will read about this person’s life. These may be reliable websites, database articles, books, or eBooks. Identify both sources’ name, title, author, and date below.

3. Provide a brief outline of what your character will talk about in their monologue. You do not have to write the full monologue now! Do some reading about your person, and provide an overview of what will be in the monologue according to the format below.

a. Intro – How will the monologue begin? What will the first, attention-grabbing sentence or two be?

b. Character Reveal – What will be the sentence that reveals who your character is? Remember that this is not an essay. The sentence should be stated in the first person by your character. You could speak as a historical character (such as Abraham Lincoln), or you could be someone who knew the person (such as Mary Todd Lincoln talking about Abraham Lincoln).

c. Body Topics – What will the bulk of the monologue be about? You cannot tell a person’s entire life story in one monologue. What specific parts of their life will be covered in this monologue? Will the monologue be a story the character is telling the audience, or a speech they are giving to a specific audience?

d. Closing – How will you wrap up the monologue? What will be the dramatic final sentence or two?

If you have any questions, let me know!