A Shady Character
A Shady Character
by Marjorie Dobson
Drama Monologue: A shady character Exodus 24: 12-18 Last Sunday before Lent year A ‘Get your sun-specs here, folks! Guaranteed to a factor of X – or something like it! Protect your eyes from the rays. Super quality. Never let you down. You’ll need ‘em any day now, ‘cos he’ll be c
Fasting - an alternative view of Isaiah 58: 1-9a
Fasting - an alternative view of Isaiah 58: 1-9a
by Marjorie Dobson
Monologue: Fasting – an alternative view to Isaiah 58. 1-9a I always say there’s nothing like a good day’s fasting to clear out the system, especially right after a few feast days. Doesn’t do you any harm. I mean, you’ve already over-eaten and drunk too much wine, so what’s the h
Monologue:A chief priest
Monologue:A chief priest
by Marjorie Dobson
Monologue: A chief priest Ha! We’ve got him this time. It’s all over! Finished! Done! The whole sorry, sordid episode has come to an end. And, with their leader gone, it won’t take long to round up the rest of his followers and dispose of them too. The crowd is on our side now. I
The Serpents tale
The Serpents tale
by Marjorie Dobson
Monologue/ Poem The Serpent’s Tale I’m the snake from the Garden of Eden – a slithery giant-sized worm. My voice is a menacing sibilant sound – designed to make everyone squirm. You may think you know all my adventures – they’re there in the Bible, you see. But try looking at it
Monologue: Peter sees the light!
Monologue: Peter sees the light!
by Marjorie Dobson
Drama Monologue: Peter sees the light! Last Sunday before Lent Matthew 17: 1 – 9 Mark 9: 2-9 Why did I open my big mouth? I do it all the time. I always have to say something – anything – and then as soon as I’ve spoken I know I’ve put my foot in it again! When will I ever lea
From a prison cell
From a prison cell
by Marjorie Dobson
Third Sunday of Advent Year A Matthew 11.2-11 Monologue: From a prison cell I shouldn’t have doubted. I should have known. And trusted. But I’d been in this prison too long. And I’m only human. I know! I know! That wasn’t how people saw me. They saw a loud-mouthed, opinionated, w
One link in the chain of command
One link in the chain of command
by David A. Campton
One link in a Chain of Command Monologue for Holy Week and Good Friday Matthew 8: 5-13; 27: 54; Mark 15: 39; Luke 7: 1-10; Luke 23: 47 I’m just one link in a chain of command… I receive orders and I give them… My name is Marcus Antoninus Proclus, senior centurion of the Tenth Leg
In Remembrance
In Remembrance
by David A. Campton
In Remembrance Monologue suitable for Easter evening. (Eating and drinking throughout) I’m starving... Mind you, is it any wonder? I’ve hardly eaten since Thursday night... Friday was so busy... Yesterday I couldn’t have faced food... And today... well I’ve had other things on my
The Blacksmith
The Blacksmith
by David A. Campton
THE BLACKSMITH Good Friday - Easter Day Monologue Holiday-makers! Damned nuisance if you ask me! Every year it's the same Hardly any work for the ten months after Pentecost, then they all flock into Jerusalem for the Passover. And they all want a few wee jobs done when they're he
Looking for Love
Looking for Love
by David A. Campton
Monologue: Looking for Love John 8: 1-11 (A woman, clearly pregnant) I suppose I was looking for love, but I got more than I bargained for. Everyone talks about love... But there’s precious little of it about. When I was a kid, my Mum and my Dad both called me “Love...” “Love, wo
The Man Must Die
The Man Must Die
by David A. Campton
The Man Must Die Monologue based on Caiaphas Matthew 21: 12-16; 26: 1-5: Mark 11: 15-18; Luke 19: 45-48; John 2: 13-21; 18: 12- 14 The man must die. He is worse than that madman in the desert that Herod disposed of a few years ago. John the Baptizer... We breathed a sigh of relie
It has nothing to do with me
It has nothing to do with me
by David A. Campton
It has nothing to do with me... Monologue based on Pontius Pilate Matthew 27: 11-26; Mark 15: 1-15; Luke 23: 1-25; John 18: 28 – 19: 16 It has nothing to do with me... It is a Jewish matter... Nothing to do with Rome. If I had my way I would have left them to it. Another spat bet
Nativity Pieces
Nativity Pieces
by Roy Jackson
Monologues for an alternative carol service written 2013 for Norbury Methodist Church by Roy Jackson Some supporting characters from the nativity story lead the worship. Gabriel I couldn't get anyone important for your carols tonight – Mary, Joseph, the Wise Men, the Donkey – the
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