monologue
noun
a form of dramatic entertainment, comedic solo, or the like by a single speaker.
monologuist
-
a word derived from
monologue.
Example Sentences
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Full disclosure: Some years ago, I worked at The Stranger with the marvelous essayist and monologuist David Schmader.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 1, 2021
The forty-one-year-old Tasmanian monologuist Hannah Gadsby addresses many things in her work: among them, violence against women, men and golf, art history, her lesbianism, and her difference in the world.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 22, 2019
But then something happened — as apparently is often the case — to Kitson, a British comic monologuist with a cult following.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 7, 2017
"Here is someone I didn't even know, had never met," the actor and monologuist said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2017
The cold hall, the low-necked gown, the long wait in which the young monologuist had heroically concealed her anxiety, all proved a great strain for Angelina.
From Brenda's Ward A Sequel to 'Amy in Acadia' by Helen Leah Reed
