1st Monologue idea

I’m thinking about doing the final speech of Christopher from the play ‘Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time’ I’m thinking about this character because I feel it will show great characterization and due to the research involved in the character will show effort and thought in the character. I picked this monologue because I felt it is a powerful moment in the play as it is when the audience realise that this child’s dreams won’t come true due to his autism. I feel that during the play Christopher is always talking about his goals to be an astronaut and I think that the audience react in the same way that they will react to a child saying they want to be a superhero. However at this moment we are reminded that Christopher isn’t a child with naive dreams; he is a very logical teenager who has a plan for his life but he won’t be able to do some of the things he wants to do because of his autism and the audience feel crushed that his dreams probably won’t happen.

I decided not to do the monologues about his mother, his dream of being an astronaut or the monologue about the night sky or his mother’s new flat because I feel that they don’t evoke a strong enough emotional response from the audience I feel there are better moments in which the audience feel sympathy for Christopher.