monologist
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They called him a monologist, and the man who talked about his father, which is the worst motto ever, the man who talks about his father.
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2023
That’s a sensation with which actor, comedian and monologist Mike Birbiglia has always been intimately familiar.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2020
“He’s done some really good work as a monologist at those correspondents’ dinners — that’s how he qualifies to be on the show,” Seinfeld said, referring to the annual black-tie gathering of White House reporters.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 21, 2015
While she travels extensively and speaks to everyone, she stresses that her monologues are fictional but based on reality, sidestepping the mess that monologist Mike Daisey faced when he admitted to making up conversations.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 21, 2012
So, nearly every monologist retains the author to keep him up to the minute with material, right in the forefront of the laughter-of-the-hour.
From Writing for Vaudeville by Brett Page
It seems to me that TV comedy studio recordings favour dead-eyed autocue gobbling monologists, indifferent to the reality of the room, and penalise proper live performers who are the best really.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 31, 2013
Junior Programs' repertoire also includes marionets, monologists, films, musicians.
From Time Magazine Archive
Professors of elocution — even in New York, highly-skilled and successful monologists such as Ruth Draper.
From Time Magazine Archive
Why do all the local monologists speak--I dare say, mind you, if I may say so--in polite British locutions?
From Time Magazine Archive
My friend, indeed, very evidently was a talker—one of those fantastic monologists to whom an audience is little more than a symbol.
From Pieces of Eight by Richard Le Gallienne
