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In ancient Greek theater, what did the word monologue originally describe?

monologue

[mon-uh-lawg, -log] / ˈmɒn əˌlɔg, -ˌlɒg /


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In the hilarious opening monologue Argan sits coddled in his chair—sort of a baroque Barcalounger—going over his treatments and the hefty prices charged for them by his “primary care physician,” Dr. Purgon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Weeks before Serbia's highly anticipated election, Zoran Kesic, the country's star late-night talk show host, opened his monologue with a stark warning.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

Strong’s post also addressed the timing of the monologue given the recent high-profile sexual assault case at Cornell University.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

But she cited her earlier performance as Muriel in Alan Bennett's monologue Soldiering On, as one of her proudest moments.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

In spite of Mr. Gatti’s reminders that I should speak slowly and enunciate every word, even if I didn’t understand it, I recited my three-minute monologue in one minute flat.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

You can’t really blame them if their response to the self-absorbed internal monologues of an unreliable narrator is, Oh, boo hoo.

From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026

On one weekend in Tokyo, hundreds of visitors flocked to a zine fair showcasing a wide range of handmade magazines in different sizes and formats -- some incorporating abstract designs, photography or personal monologues.

From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 2026

After 11 years and more than 1,800 monologues, the late-night host’s most consistent target was himself.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 2026

For the next 12 years, Colbert’s topical, opening monologues riffed heavily off the news, and that included healthy doses of satire about Trump the candidate or President Trump.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026

Aureliano ended up forgetting about him, absorbed in the composition of his poems, but on one occasion he thought he understood something of what Melquíades was saying in his groping monologues, and he paid attention.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez


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