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Monologue Mania Day #91 by Janet S. Tiger c) May 14,
2014
In Order of Appearance
(With apologies to Will Shakespeare)
by
Janet S. Tiger
© 2014 all rights reserved
© 2014 all rights reserved
(This is a piece for actors. It
must be performed smoothly, no seams, seamlessly, you get the idea. The
actor - either gender - crawls out onstage, and looks around. Smiles, is
a real baby, cries, smiles again, then slowly, stands up, speaks like a small
child.)
Wow! What a life! How beautiful! What delicious smells! Well, maybe not all of them…..
(Looks
around in awe)
What an amazing day! They call it …(tries to remember the word) ...a
birt….day……
This is all mine! Why does
it take forever to get a birt-day? Why
can’t I have another one tomorrow? Wait
a minute....
(Stands
up straighter now. More arrogant, struts
around the stage)
How do they get to tell me what to
do? They don’t know anything! I can’t wait to be them, so I can rule the
world! And do it right!
(Sees something go by,
takes a deep breath0
So beautiful! I want that!
Give that to me!
(Steps
back as if slapped)
That was harsh! (Wisdom dawning dimly) Maybe…I can’t have everything I want….
(Looks
as something whizzes by, speaks as an adult)
Whoa! Was that
another birthday? Where did it go?
(Looks at
it gone in amazement)
How did my kid get to be eight years old? It used to take a hundred years to get to a birthday
and now, it’s like I can’t keep up……how old am I now?
(Turns
around, shoulders are now hunched a bit, voice is no longer young.)
Why can’t I see anything without my glasses? And how can I find my glasses if I can’t see
where my glasses are? And where did all
these damned wrinkles come from? Who
cares about to be or not to be! I want
my youth back! Give me my twenty-five
back! Or even forty-five….
(as saying
this, the shoulders stoop further, the voice gets more frail)
….or sixty-five……..or….even seventy-five……What are you
trying to get me to figure out that damned computer – I told you, to quote a
king - I am too old to learn!
(a cane is
now needed and the person peers into the audience)
…how old am I anyhow?
Didn’t I just have a birthday?
Wasn’t it yesterday? Seems like
it…. …Is this the seventh stage? Or am I
on my third leg now? Am I mixing up
Oedipus and Shakespeare again? I guess
when the age is in, the twit is out…
I think I missed a few - the soldier, the judge and jury…..
You be the judge…..where do we all fit into this gigantic
reality show we call life?
(Hobbles
offstage, slowly, turns back)
Are you coming to help me?
(Reaches
out the hand without the cane)
Thank you….you’re a good child……did I ever tell you the
story about a famous king with no eyes…….he answered a question from the Sphinx……(laughs)
…no, the SPHINX… not the Stinks……
(Exits. The circle is complete)
Janet S. Tiger 858-274-9678
www.JanetSTiger.weebly.com
Member Dramatists Guild since 1983
Playwright-in-Residence
Swedenborg Hall 2006-8
www.JanetSTiger.weebly.com
Member Dramatists Guild since 1983
Playwright-in-Residence
Swedenborg Hall 2006-8
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