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Talking Heads - Comparing the characters of Lesley out of her big chance and Doris from a cream cracker under the settee.  

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Talking Heads Essay I am Comparing the characters of Lesley out of her bit chance and Doris from a cream cracker under the settee. Both a cream cracker and her big chance are monologues taken from Alan Bennett's highly successful talking heads series. Which were originally wrote for television in 1987. But has been released as a book and is now being performed on stage The effect the monologue form has on the audience is that the audience feel that the character are talking directly to them and sharing their lives with them. And the fact that there is only one-character helps the audience focus on the characters personality and what they are saying. And helps the audience to form a connection with the character. The audience's response to each character changes through out the play. In 'her big chance' the audience first initial response to Lesley is shock because the first words...

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