were offering to fight a duel for my hand! (Laughs fondly, remembering.) I, of course, was very nonchalant about the whole thing but inside I was thrilled. (Suddenly uncertain.) Maybe I should have gone over to her. Lionel Barrymore and Frederic March and Valentino -he's still very attractive you know And there was that very handsome newcomer, Clark somebody YES! That's him! And I was being witty and charming and everyone was hanging on my every word (A change, becoming agitated.) Of course, Charlotte came into the room and started complaining she'd fallen in a puddle or something children are always getting into their little scrapes at the worst time, don't you find? So I told her it was alright and she could go back out and play.
I was beautiful and I was at a party and there were Hollywood stars everywhere. (Remembering, enraptured.) Oh such a beautiful dream! It was beautiful. NO! YOU CAN'T HAVE IT! (Pulls the picture back and stares at it.) It's all I have of her now… It was an accident.
(Evelyn shows the picture to the Cigarette Girl who reaches for it.) I never leave it Here it is! There she is. Then suddenly, and with great animation ) DID I EVER SHOW YOU THAT PICTURE OF MY DAUGHTER? (Grabs her purse.) I know it's in here somewhere. don't they? Maybe this is a dream.You see that's where I was when it I was dreaming, you see, when it (For a moment she is still, like a puppet whose strings have been cut, her eyes dull. FROZEN MOMENT: In a moment of tragic clarity, Evelyn recalls the best dream and greatest of her life. Free Women's Audition Monologues:Īll monologues on this page are the exclusive property of the authorĬopyright © Todd McGinnis Monologues from STAGE FRIGHT (aka "LAUGH?" I Thought I'd DIE!) by Todd McGinnisĭRAMA/HORROR 1. REMINDER: Before any monologue from this site may be used – either for audition or performance – you must read and agree to abide by the terms and conditions here.
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