Name: A Soldier's Tale - British Male Monologue about being a Soldier
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British male monologue

A SOLDIER’S TALE – BRITISH MALE MONOLOGUE ABOUT BEING A SOLDIER

In this monologue we meet a man who is now coming to the end of his life. He tells us his story. He was a soldier, as was his father. Simply told, he recounts how he grew up under a father who suffered from post traumatic stress disorder from his own time fighting as a soldier which made him have violent mood swings and be abusive to his wife and small son. As soon as the son was sixteen, he left home to become a soldier as well. Like Father. Like Son. At first the army was a good place, with a supportive Corporal, learning new skills. He even got married and had a baby boy. But then the soldiers were sent to Borneo. To a war torn place where people did things he couldn’t have imagined. He saw the atrocities first hand. One day he had to listen as they tortured and killed his best friend in the world. After that, he suffered a breakdown and was sent home. Unfortunately the apple didn’t fall too far from the tree… British male monologue about being a solider.

PRODUCTION HISTORY

Pleasure Ridge Park High School, KY, USA – 2023

Other plays by Bob Hammond:

Alan Grimaldi and the 183 – a dark comedy about an unexpected death: HIS

Author: Bob Hammond

Type: British Male monologue

Genre: Drama

Cast: 1M

Ages of the actors: The character is supposed to be an older man

Length: Ten minutes

Set: A bench or chair

Level of difficulty: 7/10 – the story is told simply but as a single actor, the audience’s attention should be held. Please note: This piece is written in a Northen accent so would be ideal for a Nothern English actor or someone practising dialects. The author has also noted that the play may be perfomed without the dialect, as the actor chooses.