Contrast
To fit the criteria of an Audition for an actor I chose the two monologues, Angela from 'Like a Virgin' and Rosie from 'My Mother Said I Never Should,' because they are very contrasting.There are three main ways how these two monologues contrast and that is through style, age of characters and character accent.
Style
I feel that these two monologues contrast in style as one is more comical containing an archetypal character and the other is of a more serious style.
My monologue from 'My Mother Said I Never Should' shows my character, an eight year old girl, toughing a tantrum because her birthday is going badly. To start this is a very typical thing for an eight year old to do. When your young your birthday is the best event ever and you feel on top of the world and children are not happy if it goes wrong.
It is also very amusing to the audience to watch because in the monologue, Rosie, is burying her dolly because she states that she is too old for them. However even though she is convincing herself and the doll that she is too old, she is talking to the doll and hearing responses from it. For example, in the monologue, Rosie says, "Mummies give there babies away sometimes...They do." This shows she is hearing responses form the doll and reacts to it like children do, displaying to the audience that she clearly is not to old to play with her dollies.
My monologue from 'My Mother Said I Never Should' shows my character, an eight year old girl, toughing a tantrum because her birthday is going badly. To start this is a very typical thing for an eight year old to do. When your young your birthday is the best event ever and you feel on top of the world and children are not happy if it goes wrong.
It is also very amusing to the audience to watch because in the monologue, Rosie, is burying her dolly because she states that she is too old for them. However even though she is convincing herself and the doll that she is too old, she is talking to the doll and hearing responses from it. For example, in the monologue, Rosie says, "Mummies give there babies away sometimes...They do." This shows she is hearing responses form the doll and reacts to it like children do, displaying to the audience that she clearly is not to old to play with her dollies.
My monologue from 'Like a Virgin' address very serious issues. Angela talks to her friend about her condition, Lukeamia, and how it is killing her. She talks angrely about how people react when she tells them she only has 4 weeks to live. This is not a laughable situation or issue creating the contrast between the two monologues.
Age
This is one of the biggest contrasts between the two monologues. Rosie is 8 and Angela is 16 which is a large age gap and in this time you grow from a child to a woman showing different, physical, mental and vocal differences. To show this I am going to use mainly my body and facial expressions. I will use my body as Rosie as being low to the floor because children often sit on the floor, I will fidget and show flexibility in my legs.
For Angela I will stand for much of it, use a broader and more harsh voice. I will also pronounce my words better to show my age difference vocally.
For Angela I will stand for much of it, use a broader and more harsh voice. I will also pronounce my words better to show my age difference vocally.
Accent
This is the more obvious contrast. Rosie is from South-London as where Angela is from Middlesbrough. I will perform my monologues in the two difference accents. This will help show a big contrast in my two characters that I will be performing but will also show off to the audition panel my versatility of vocal skills.
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