CURTAIN UP (The stage is dark. VOICEO...
Monologue Overview
Character
Gender
Male
Playing Age
Mature Adult, Elderly
Style
Dramatic
Act/Scene
Act One
Time & Place
Rolfe's poorly furnished room in exile in Venice in 1913
Length
Long
Time Period
Contemporary
Show Type
Play
Age Guidance
Thirteen Plus (PG-13)
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Context
The opening scene of the play introduces the
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CURTAIN UP
(The stage is dark. VOICEOVER: Faint cheering can be heard. As the cheering grows louder a spot comes up on ROLFE, asleep in his clothes on his bed, clutching a bolster.)
(The cheering gives way to a booming voice in a foreign
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