That shining moment when all eyes are focused on a single actor who is desperately aware that if he forgets a line, no one can save him Bit Part An opportunity for the actor with the smallest role to count everybody else's lines and mention repeatedly that he or she has the smallest part in the show
A piece of oral or written literature (e g , a story, poem or part of a play) spoken by one person who exposes inner thoughts and provides insights into his or her character
a (usually long) dramatic speech by a single actor a long utterance by one person (especially one that prevents others from participating in the conversation)
(contrast with soliloquy and interior monologue) An interior monologue represents not spoken words, but rather the internal or emotional thoughts or feelings of an individual, such as William Faulkner's long interior monologues within The Sound and The Fury Monologue can also be used to refer to a character speaking aloud to himself, or narrating an account to an audience with no other character on stage
A section of the play spoken by one actor as either part of a scene or alone on stage See also Soliloquy
A speech uttered by a person alone; soliloquy; also, talk or discourse in company, in the strain of a soliloquy; as, an account in monologue