Contemporary
Monologues.
By Claudia Dos Santos.
By Claudia Dos Santos.
1. Title and Author.
Artefacts-Mike Bartlett.
2. Brief Synopsis
Sixteen year old Kelly has never known her dad. It turns out he’s from Iraq, which her mum never mentioned and he’s brought an ancient Mesopotamian vase as some kind of present. But Kelly doesn’t want a vase; she wants her dad to stay and get to know her. It’s not the reunion either of them expected and for Kelly it’s the beginning of an epic and dangerous journey.
3. Genre and style of the play.
The genre of the play is intense drama filled with mixed emotions and a little bit of adventure , it’s also a naturalistic piece , so me as a person can have real emotions with and used the Stanislavski method to make my play more natural.
4. Character you have chosen.
For my monologue I have chosen the main character, 16year old female named Kelly.
5. What appeals to you about this play?
What appealed to me about this play is its storyline, she’s a 16 year old girl who has never met her Father but has heard so much about him, she’s told she’s going to meet him and is really excited but doesn’t want to get her hopes up too much because of the things her mother has told her about her Dad in the past. The end up meeting each other and she isn’t impressed she wasn’t nothing she expected and in fact was slightly insulted with the gift he gave to her, not knowing the traditional value of the gift she smashes it and her dad doesn’t forgive her for it. She then flies out to Iraq where her dads from to try and make up for the first time they met, whilst been in the country Kelly sees the daily struggles her Father and Stepmother have to go through the war that is going and as a foreigner she is disgusted and what’s to do something to stop but doesn’t really understand why her Dad is so relaxed about it . As the story goes on we find out that Kelly’s step-sister has been kidnapped for a big amount of money that the family don’t have and they kidnappers don’t get the money it will result to death and they family are struggle on what to do in the meantime as every second counts.
What appeals to about this character?
What appealed to me about this character is that she has a lot of will power and is willing to fight for what’s she believes what’s right , she also comes across as a typical teenager , likes going out with friends , reading magazines , watching television , listen to music etc. So it was relatable for me to find an emotional connection with the character , she also never seems to forget the value of family even though her family isn’t ‘ Perfect’ she’s still willing to do whatever it takes to make her family happy.
What similarities are there?
The similarities would have to be the common thing that you’ll find in a lot of teenagers, reading , going out , listen to music etc. The fact that me and my family aren’t nowhere near as close I will still do anything and everything I possibly can to make them certain members happy.
What are the differences?
The biggest difference would have to be the race, age and our thought process. I say thought process because of when her dad came over for the first time she was more concerned on what he brought for her rather than actually getting to know her dad for herself rather than listening to rumours that her mum might of said, if it was me I would have been more excited to see my dad and see if we have any same characteristics and if I get any habits from him etc. Even if he did get me a gift I wouldn’t even dream of smashing knowing that in my heart I don’t like it , I tend to look at it as its ‘ The thought that counts’ , with that being said I wouldn’t then rush to a country to visit a man I barely even know especially by myself.
What is going to be the biggest challenge in playing this role?
My biggest challenge would have to be clarity and annunciation.
Artefacts-Mike Bartlett.
2. Brief Synopsis
Sixteen year old Kelly has never known her dad. It turns out he’s from Iraq, which her mum never mentioned and he’s brought an ancient Mesopotamian vase as some kind of present. But Kelly doesn’t want a vase; she wants her dad to stay and get to know her. It’s not the reunion either of them expected and for Kelly it’s the beginning of an epic and dangerous journey.
3. Genre and style of the play.
The genre of the play is intense drama filled with mixed emotions and a little bit of adventure , it’s also a naturalistic piece , so me as a person can have real emotions with and used the Stanislavski method to make my play more natural.
4. Character you have chosen.
For my monologue I have chosen the main character, 16year old female named Kelly.
5. What appeals to you about this play?
What appealed to me about this play is its storyline, she’s a 16 year old girl who has never met her Father but has heard so much about him, she’s told she’s going to meet him and is really excited but doesn’t want to get her hopes up too much because of the things her mother has told her about her Dad in the past. The end up meeting each other and she isn’t impressed she wasn’t nothing she expected and in fact was slightly insulted with the gift he gave to her, not knowing the traditional value of the gift she smashes it and her dad doesn’t forgive her for it. She then flies out to Iraq where her dads from to try and make up for the first time they met, whilst been in the country Kelly sees the daily struggles her Father and Stepmother have to go through the war that is going and as a foreigner she is disgusted and what’s to do something to stop but doesn’t really understand why her Dad is so relaxed about it . As the story goes on we find out that Kelly’s step-sister has been kidnapped for a big amount of money that the family don’t have and they kidnappers don’t get the money it will result to death and they family are struggle on what to do in the meantime as every second counts.
What appeals to about this character?
What appealed to me about this character is that she has a lot of will power and is willing to fight for what’s she believes what’s right , she also comes across as a typical teenager , likes going out with friends , reading magazines , watching television , listen to music etc. So it was relatable for me to find an emotional connection with the character , she also never seems to forget the value of family even though her family isn’t ‘ Perfect’ she’s still willing to do whatever it takes to make her family happy.
What similarities are there?
The similarities would have to be the common thing that you’ll find in a lot of teenagers, reading , going out , listen to music etc. The fact that me and my family aren’t nowhere near as close I will still do anything and everything I possibly can to make them certain members happy.
What are the differences?
The biggest difference would have to be the race, age and our thought process. I say thought process because of when her dad came over for the first time she was more concerned on what he brought for her rather than actually getting to know her dad for herself rather than listening to rumours that her mum might of said, if it was me I would have been more excited to see my dad and see if we have any same characteristics and if I get any habits from him etc. Even if he did get me a gift I wouldn’t even dream of smashing knowing that in my heart I don’t like it , I tend to look at it as its ‘ The thought that counts’ , with that being said I wouldn’t then rush to a country to visit a man I barely even know especially by myself.
What is going to be the biggest challenge in playing this role?
My biggest challenge would have to be clarity and annunciation.
What
will you need to work on physically ?
physically I will have to approach the panel with confidence and stand firm , have clarity within my voice and show that I have a purpose within my voice.
physically I will have to approach the panel with confidence and stand firm , have clarity within my voice and show that I have a purpose within my voice.
What
will you need to work vocally?
I feel that vocally I will need to really try my best to be clearer so that is when clarity comes into it. On the other hand I actually have to get used to taking in more breaths so it comes across as more ‘real and naturalistic‘. In contrast to this I need to work on my accent particularly.
What background research will have to be done?
The sort of back ground research I thought I needed to do was firstly to make a history for my character. Then find out why Shakespeare wrote the play in the first place and what he wanted people to understand or get from the play.
I feel that vocally I will need to really try my best to be clearer so that is when clarity comes into it. On the other hand I actually have to get used to taking in more breaths so it comes across as more ‘real and naturalistic‘. In contrast to this I need to work on my accent particularly.
What background research will have to be done?
The sort of back ground research I thought I needed to do was firstly to make a history for my character. Then find out why Shakespeare wrote the play in the first place and what he wanted people to understand or get from the play.
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