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Monologues for The Film Society

Authors:
Jon Robin Baitz

Monologue Details
Character Name: Nan Sinclair Gender: Female Age: 31-50 Type: Serious Length: 5 minute(s) Time Period(s): Contemporary 1950 -1990 Occurs in: Act- Not Available Scene- Not Available Collected in: The Best Women's Stage Monologues of 1990; Buy it now from Amazon.com Barnes and Nobel.com	After assuming her recently-fired husband's position as a teacher at a private boy's school in South Africa, Nan talks to the students about their poor understanding of the country that they live in.
Character Name: Jonathan Balton Gender: Male Age: 31-50 Type: Serious Length: 4 minute(s) Time Period(s): Contemporary 1950 -1990 Occurs in: Act- Not Available Scene- Not Available Collected in: The Best Men's Stage Monologues of 1990; Buy it now from Amazon.com Barnes and Nobel.com	Jonathan Balton is torn between his hatered for the system of apartheid, and his necessity at having to work within it to survive. After being promoted to headmaster of the Blenheim School for Boys, he is forced to fire his longtime friend Nan, but before doing so, tells a story from his childhood about how he was unable to slaughter a cow.