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Heretoaskandansw | 00:16 Wed 31st May 2023 | Film, Media & TV
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Hey there! I'm preparing for my audition for the acting school and I'd like to demonstrate my multilingual skills in one single monologue, since I think it'll be more effective and impressive. I speak English, Italian, Greek, Persian and a little bit of French. Do you know any monologue from any film or play that might have a character speaking different languages all at once in one single monologue?
Google doesn't seem to help me.
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you're presupposing a multilingual audience that will understand it all. Do you know you can find one?
Why don't you pick a monologue yourself, and translate passages from it into the language of your choice? That will not only show off your acting talent, but your initiative too.
I would reconsider. You’re best to select something that best demonstrates your acting rather than your language skills. Being multilingual is admirable and useful for many careers but not relevant for an audition for acting school.

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I'm going to post an explanation for people wondering:
I live in Italy and I've already sent a self-tape audition video to the school in Italian. One of the major requirements for entering the school is to be fluent both in Italian and in English. Speaking other languages is a bonus. If your self-tape audition video is accepted you'll be invited for an in-person audition and you'll need to recite a new monologue plus reading a poem in Italian out of memory. You might be asked to improvise or sing or dance. The number of participants is quite huge, so I'll need to demonstrate my skills in a short time. I think reciting a multilingual monologue would help me to showcase that my language skills are good enough for the school, my fluency in Italian will be proven when reading the poem. I need have enough time for improvisation, singing and dancing too. I know the main key for entering the school is acting, but this particular school is very competitive and requires you to be not just an actor, but a good actor with multiple skills and abilities.
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Just pick a well known monologue and use different languages throughout.
If you are a woman look at Georgina's morning monologue in Dream Girl by Elmer Rice.
English - shakespeare
Italian - Divine comedy - opening lines nel mezzo del cammin della vita....
greek - ode to Man antigone - what a wonderful work a man is!
two lines in greek the rest in translation
Persian
Doublet - in Farsi - the moving have writ moves on and not doodah of it shall be thingeyed - and then English

French Moliere or Racine ( any)
multi lingual and the advice is:
dont speak Languages -
hem hem

Joe the husband in Medium speaks good German in U351
Manuel devalos also in Medium Hispanic
Eamonn Holmes used to host a prog in German

go for it
it is your USP ( unique selling point)

having a gold medal in tap dancing ( befor ehip replacements) got me a job once

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