Talking Heads

... Talking Heads 'Talking heads' are a set of monologues, written by Alan Bennett. They show us different characters that each have a certain problem. All of Bennett's characters have an obsession, for example Leslie is obsesses with herself and status '' I was a sophisticated woman'', Irene Ruddock is obsessed with writing letters and spying on her neighbourhood ''I sat in the front room in the dark watching the house'', and Doris has an obsession with cleaning ''Zulema doesn't dust''. Monologues are plays or scenes where only one person is speaking to the audience. It usually involves that one person telling us about themselves and possibly stories. Monologues are different from other kinds of text as there is little physical action involved. I feel it is much more complicated for an actor to perform a monologue because the actor has to revise and learn a large amount of lines to recite.

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