Word: soliloquy
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Webb, remembered as the father in "The Winslow Boy," is a surefire comedian. At first the indignant husband, he is soon impressed by the glamorous life of Niven, and in a show-stopping soliloquy, makes the third act by extolling the duties of the carefree bachelor. He is magnificent...
...poetry department, ditties about President Conant and a television-oriented housewife by Clement Despard and J. H. Updyke, are both witty and lively. Charles Osborne's introductory lament over the nothingness to say about freshmen is a cleverly expressed bit of circular thought, while David Graham's soliloquy on "burgers" suffers only from overextension...
...goal-guard, who put on a private demonstration of shame and rage by lying face down in front of the goal and beating the unoffending earth with his fists, feet, and forehead. Even after the umpire's decision had been upheld, the goalie refused solace and continued his violent soliloquy long after the game was resumed...
Joan's "inner life" offered more opportunity for soliloquy in her cell than for dramatic movement. The limply worded libretto, by Queens College Music Professor Joseph Machlis, was not only static but too often banal. And the music, well-made but often weak where it needed strength, was more effective at setting moods than delivering powerful operatic punches...
Harry Butcher, wartime aide of General Eisenhower and an old friend of Godfrey's, explains earnestly: "Arthur conducts a two-way conversation all by himself. It's more than a soliloquy: it's a great art. What do you call it-? Empathy.* You know, the ability to get inside other people, to understand exactly how they're feeling...