In the following essay, Hussey traces the evolution of Shakespeare's soliloquies, from the early tragedies and history plays to the later tragedies, with particular attention to their function ...
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In the following excerpt, Hirsh claims that, in accordance with accepted dramatic convention, soliloquies in Shakespeare's plays are direct speech acts, not interior monologues. He discusses nu...
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Jay Leno delivered his second monologue last night, one that he wrote himself. He could lose his guild membership or face a fine from the Writers Guild of America if he keeps writing his own late-n...
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"You know what I'm doing? I'm doing what I did the day I started," said Jay Leno last night on his first return on air since the Writers Guild of America strike started. "I write jokes and wake my ...
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Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning used his "Saturday Night Live" monologue to poke a little fun at his mother.With his immediate family in the audience, the Super Bowl MVP introduced hi...
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The new president of the General Assembly pledged at Tuesday's opening of the 62nd session to make the world body the key forum for action on climate change and the fight against terrorism and pove...
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On Wednesday, April 25, at around 9:30 p.m., scraggily-haired screenwriter Bruce Vilanch—best known for his uncanny ability to write mildly entertaining material for presenters at the Academy...
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Late-night TV hosts Jay
Leno and Conan O'Brien plan to cross picket lines to resume
taping shows on Jan. 2, nearly two months after the Hollywood
writers strike forced them...
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The union for striking
Hollywood writers cried foul Thursday over late-night TV
comic Jay Leno writing his own jokes for his return to the air
from an eight-week hiatus for...
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Fictional gay cowboys and a faux reporter from Kazakhstan suffered human rights abuses in 2006 as crackdowns on flesh and blood victims were extended to the Internet, award-winning films and noted ...
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Eve Ensler has just returned from hell. That's how the author of "The Vagina Monologues" describes her trip to Congo, where thousands of women have been sexually attacked and mutilated in the Afric...
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Late-night U.S. TV comedian
David Letterman Wednesday kicked off the return of his show
from a two-month hiatus in support of striking screenwriters,
boasting his was the "onl...
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Critical Essay by S. S. Hussey
WGA, NBC Spar Over Leno Monologues
