Scheherazade’s Monologues
Monologues 1
“Twinkling”
By Amany El-Sawy
Setting: Bare stage except for a shelf of books, bedroom floor mirror and a candlestick
Time: The Present
Character: Anonymous woman in her early thirties is talking to the audience
[The sound of shaving machines rocks the whole stage, and then a woman with a disheveled appearance, wearing flannel shirts and jeans enters the stage, facing the audience and dead silence conquers the place.]
Do you know what I’m doing?
I’m shaving.
Because if I am not, I [silence]
I won’t be Venus.
Yes
Venus.
No matter how ugly my boyfriend is [with a gesture of disgust],
but
[silence]
I have to be Venus.
[pointing at one of the audience] you have to be Venus,
So you have to shave twice a week.
You have to be twinkling like a diamond in the sky.
[She sings]
“Twinkle Twinkle little star
How I wonder what you are
Up above the world so high
[She starts to lower her voice with a disturbed facial expression]
Like a diamond in the sky”
[Silence]
Yes.
Like a diamond in the sky.
Shining
Twinkling
Glowing.
Brillante
נוצץ
闪亮的
lucet
تلمع
Splendente
[Silence]
Shining
Twinkling
Glowing.
No matter how ugly your boy friend is.
But you have to be Venus.
Venus doesn’t only shave,
But be a professional artist.
Artist.
What an artist!!!!
She has to know how to use the brush
To paint her face
Because the ugly boyfriend likes her painted face
The first thing she does in the morning is to sit for Hours
And paint
Colours conquers the scene
To be Venus, you have to be a professional clown
Oh sorry I mean artist.
It’s time now to dress up.
Which dress I will wear?
The yellow one?
No, no, no red suits me.
But there will be too much red here.
Ok. It will be great
But will my handsome ugly boy friend like my outfit?
I have to make sure of that.
[Silence]
He likes Venus and
I like how he doesn’t think I have to do anything
He likes Venus
So I have to be Venus
Last time I didn’t meet his high expectations.
I forgot and brought my books I borrowed from the library
He was shocked.
He lost his temper and waited for the clown.
I understood.
So I picked up my lipstick and eye shadow
And I painted my face
He laughed and kissed me
And said he loved Venus.
The Venus me.
And threw my books back
And said in an ugly passionate tone:
“Venus’ eyes are not for reading,
but to understand mine”
He kissed my eyes and said:
“Your eyes are beautiful and wide as the world-
Don’t destroy her by reading”
[She laughs hysterically]
Reading destroys wide eyes and makes them narrow
And they have to be far away from books
To be wide
[She gazes widely]
“Venus’ eyes are not for reading,
but to understand mine”
He means of course they are created to gaze at ugliness
Oh sorry I mean Adonis.
Adonis has very bad breath
I hate myself when he kisses me,
But I dare not to say “go and brush”
Otherwise he would brush me
I’m disgusted.
The bad breathed Adonis likes me a red red rose.
He chooses my perfume and likes me to wear “Gucci Bloom”
To cover his bad breath, but no way.
All the perfume of Arabia will never sweeten this bitter smell.
[She laughs]
Venus’ wide eyes will be blinded by his killing fragrance.
Nevertheless,
Adonis is confident and feels himself a bright star, twinkling over the Red Carpet.
[She sings, holds the candlestick and approaches the mirror]
“Twinkle Twinkle little star
How I wonder what you are
Up above the world so high
[She raises her voice with a sarcastic face]
Like a diamond in the sky”
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