Picking Monologues

Thinking of monologues Olga gave us the choice between 4/5 diverse monologues for us to have a look at and see if we liked them enough to get the play and read it. I took to 'The Colour of Justice' by Richard Norton-Taylor and the character of Doreen Lawrence and Margo Boye-Anawoma (her lawyer).
Having a look at the script, we were given just over an over to figure our what we wanted to do and how we wanted to manifest the words ourselves. I decided to play Margo Boye-Anawoma who was reciting/reading the statement written by Doreen Lawrence (mother of the son who died due to an incident which was racially driven).
Below I wrote down certain intentions I had for the monologue and also aspects that I wanted to emphasis and explicitly express. I fell in love with this piece it was very contemporary play which also has clear and distinct issues which are of great importance at the moment in society today.

Another technique when searching for whether a monologue is for you or not, is to sight-read the script out loud and see how well the words sit with you and your mouth (thinking of it in the muscular sense).

Having a look at classical monologues as a class, Olga gave us an idea of what we should be looking. Especially those of us that had absolutely no clue where to start. Here ideas are as follows:

There was a great appeal with this monologue, so much so that I decided to order the play and read it. 

I have always had a soft spot for Romeo and Juliet but never thought of myself as a 'Juliet'. This led me to reread the play once again and pay attention to other monologues within the text.

From this I bought the following scripts:

-Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare

-The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare

-The Colour of Justice by Richard Norton-Taylor

-Confirmation by Chris Thorpe & developed by Rachel Chavkin

- Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare