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The 19 pages that link to Monologue, each with the reason it gives.

• Stand-up comedyRelated: Stand-up often takes monologue form, but relies on comic material and audience rapport.

• DialogueCompared with: A monologue lacks the reciprocal contribution that defines dialogue.

• Turn-takingCompared with: It minimizes the speaker transitions that turn-taking explains.

• Television interviewCompared with: An interview depends on reciprocal questions and answers rather than one-sided speech.

• Spoken wordRelated: Spoken word can use monologue, but is not limited to dramatic speech.

• SoliloquyNarrower topic: Soliloquy is a dramatic form of extended speech, distinguished by its private setting.

• AuditionRelated: A prepared monologue lets actors demonstrate technique and expressive range.

• Direct addressRelated: A monologue can contain direct address, but its defining feature is a single sustained speaker.

• Talk showRelated: Many talk shows open with a host's monologue before guest conversations begin.

• Jean RacineRelated: Racine uses solitary speeches to expose conflicts that courtly dialogue conceals.

• Stage actingRelated: A monologue concentrates attention on one performer’s language and dramatic action.

• Thomas BernhardNarrower topic: Bernhard’s novels and plays often build entire works from a speaker’s relentless verbal flow.

• Paddy ChayefskyRelated: Network’s extended speeches turn character moments into direct arguments about media and society.

• Bill MaherRelated: Maher opens episodes with solo commentary on recent events.

• Gao XingjianRelated: Gao uses extended speech to explore consciousness and shifting perspectives onstage.

• Performance poetryCompared with: A monologue shares solo address but need not use poetic language or verse.

• Ronnie CorbettRelated: Corbett’s seated monologues became a recurring signature of The Two Ronnies.

• Eve EnslerNarrower topic: Ensler’s signature play uses this theatrical form throughout.

• Patrick SüskindNarrower topic: Süskind's The Double Bass builds its entire dramatic structure around one speaker.