Contemporary Monologue- Motortown

Motortown - Danny & Jade- Scene 6-

Within class we read the script of the play called 'Motortown' by Simon Stephens. Written during the London bombings of 2005, 'Motortown' is a fierce, violent and controversial response to the anti-war movement – and to the Iraq war itself. 

Synopsis: Danny returns from Basra to an England that is foreign to him, the play’s episodic structure leading him through a bleak and bitter portrait of the country he fought to save. His brother tells him that his ex-girlfriend doesn’t want to see him after being frightened by the letters he wrote home. Danny visits her only to find she is now with someone else, sending him on a journey through his once hometown, a place of questionable morals and men selling guns, anti-war protesters and middle class swingers. 

Chaotic and complex and powerful  'Motortown'  portrays a volatile and morally insecure world. The play premiered in 2006 at the Royal Court Theatre, London.
 I liked this script and feel as if you need to have a strong mindset to play these roles. It has a dark theme and in some parts it becomes very aggressive. When it came to looking at monologues I decided to revisit this script and one which caught my mind was the monologue Danny had towards the end of the script where he had just killed Jade then put her in a body bag and got on with what he was doing, as he was saying his monologue. The style of this is serious and it creates suspense with the audience and I like that feeling and it would be great if you could get the audition panel to feel like that.
 A reason why I like this script is because you can really play with how Danny expresses his anger while saying it. I feel as if he's saying all of this because he's gone to fight for his country and when he comes back theres people he saw out there living where he lived and felt as if he's fought for them. I like how Simon Stephens has personalised Danny, because as you can see in the monologue, one pat he is raging and ranting on about the immigrants and then his whole mood changes, and he speaks to Jade whilst she's lying there dead in a bodybag.
After reading this with Olga I didn't feel as if I could perform it to its standard first time I read through it. I felt I didn't express Danny as angry as he would've been or was in the script and that I seemed afraid to swear and be racist, as you can see in the picture the text does become dark, harsh and racist, and when Danny says those things he says it in anger so he'll be saying it aggressively and emphasising the swear words and racial comments. Olga gave me feedback by asking who was I talking too? And I replied, 'the body bag on the floor' and Olga said she didn't see it when I done it. She said I need to make everyone believe that I had actually just killed jade and was talking to her whilst she was inside the body bag, and really believe in it because if I don't believe in it, how will anybody else?  Ive decided to put this one to the side for the time being as its one of the first ones I've looked at, so I'll keep it in the 'bank'.