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
A wonderful monologuist and even better letter writer, he achieved what Tóibín deems “astonishing freshness” on the page.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 22, 2018
"Here is someone I didn't even know, had never met," the actor and monologuist said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2017
The business of the monologuist is to make an appeal to the imagination of the audience so vivid that the imagination of the audience can actualize the suggestion.
From Vocal Expression A Class-book of Voice Training and Interpretation by Katherine Jewell Everts
