monologist

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.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 25, 2016

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

Holton’s solo, “Smiles,” delivered with the assistance of the black swallow-tail, glistening shirt front, high hat and cane of the professional monologist, brought a hearty encore.

From Battery E in France 149th Field Artillery, Rainbow (42nd) Division by Frederic R. Kilner

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

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

Roth and Elkin are both superb monologists, comic sprinters, which is one reason why excerpts from their longer works still seem satisfyingly self-contained.

From Time Magazine Archive

Junior Programs' repertoire also includes marionets, monologists, films, musicians.

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