Speaker - David Skillen - Can you hear me Mother: The Art of the Monologue

Name: Speaker - David Skillen - Can you hear me Mother: The Art of the Monologue
Start: 2024-11-19T11:00:00+01:00
End: 2024-11-19T13:00:00+01:00
Location: Mansfield Civic Centre

Schedule

Tue Nov 19 2024 at 11:00 am to 01:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Mansfield Civic Centre | Mansfield, EN

From Shakespeare’s Hamlet to Stanley Holloway the monologue has formed part of the dramatic landscape. In this talk we will see how the monologue has developed. We will look at it’s role in 19th Century Politics and see how “stump speeches” evolved into the modern “soundbite” Of course this will feature performance of a number of monologues and a visit to “A famous seaside place called Blackpool”
ABOUT DAVID SKILLEN
David describes himself as a “consumer of history” and is an engaging, animated and entertaining professional speaker on a variety of historical subjects. David worked for 35 years in the Civil Service speaking to audiences from 5 to 500 people. Since retiring in 2012 he has travelled extensively across the UK giving fully illustrated talks to numerous groups including, Local History Societies, Probus, WI, National Trust, Car and Aviation Clubs and U3A.