i have a monologue how do i act it i see it thinking wise not emotional?

Question

im a good actor but cant do this one

it is the benvolio monologue from romeo and juliet

Answer 1

i agree with the one above me.. but definetly try some charector excerices they sound cheesy or whatever but they actually help in credibly.. i do them every day bereathing.. dont "act"N the monolouge. if you really get into cherector enough it will come to you and will look natural to the audience too

Answer 2

There are very few things that are LESS interesting onstage than an actor playing the action of "I'm THINKING."

Your task in this monologue, as it in every performance situation, is to find the operative ACTION. Who is Benvolio talking to? What is he trying to convey? What are the STAKES for him (i.e., what's at RISK?)

Seems to me that Benvolio's main objective in this speech is to save Romeo from the Prince's wrath, and to explain to the others in attendance that Romeo didn't start the fight. Benvolio is Romeo's friend; seems to me that the stakes here are high enough to warrant a solid emotional investment.

Answer 3

Monologues are most easily dealt with by breaking it up into three principles. The first thing to realize is that "acting is doing" therefore you have to find an activity to ground in the piece itself, I don't want to tell you what to do but an example of would be in the monologue that romeo delivers to Juliet "what light from yonder window breaks" etc. An action for romeo would be to rehearse it as if romeo is burning or picking flowers at rapid speed. This is not necessary to do in the performance but it helps tremendously in the rehearsal. You have to find the main intention of a piece and use an activity that adds to that intention and your monologue will become much more specific. The finding the intention is the second part. The third part is to realize that you are simply telling a story, as long as you understand the story of the monologue and play the intentions you can never lose. Acting is not telling it is doing so committ to the text and your understanding of the language. Also know that Shakespeare is a master of juxtaposed images or almost oxymorons. in the tempest caliban (a deformed slave) says "This Islands mine by sycorax my mother which thou takest from me
When thou camst first thou strokst me and made much of me." This is not the best example but in the beginning of the excerp Caliban is condeming Prospero(the man he is speaking to) and then he is recalling a memory of a time that Prospero was good to him. FIND THE OPPOSITES!!! Find those sections where one line is of hate and the other shows love and rapidly, but fluidly, and your auditors will be nothing but impressed. I wish you the best of luck!!!!

Answer 4

Keep it simple. Imagine you are telling it to your best friend.