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A collection of my preparation for auditions for Common Ground Season 2018

Monologue 2: Tory Boyz

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Character profile: Alastair Ryle

Sam Claflin as Alastair in the film adaptation, 'The Riot Club', 2014 Alastair Ryle undergoes the biggest transformation in 'Posh'. Starting the play as a quiet, socially awkward undergraduate with dreams of become a Conservative MP, he is soon discovered by members of the Riot Club and given admission due to him being brother of the legendary Seb Ryle. Over the course of his first dinner with the club, Ryle slowly reveals the true extent of his Right Wing stance and his hatred of the middle class, believing that his right to act as he pleases has been snatched by a conglomerate of people who adhere to pretend to be civil and act above their "place". He soon spirals out of control, viciously beating the owner of the gastropub and being arrested for the attack. However, it is revealed that friends in high places have lead to his being all but pardoned, a wary allusion to the true power of the establishment Background Alastair is always in his brother...

Character profile: Edward Heath, as according to 'Tory Boyz'

Edward "Ted" Heath was Head of the Conservative Party from 1965 to 1975, serving as Prime Minister from 1970 to 1974. His time as an influential member of government coincided with and created some of the biggest cultural and social upheavals in the history of the United Kingdom. He never married. Young life Heath was born in Broadstairs in Kent, and was educated at grammar school (unusual for a Conservative MP) before attending Balliol College, Oxford. He was an isolated child, his mother having decided that he was to make something of himself. He was an avid pianist and later conductor, having a deep-rooted interest in orchestrating all his life, possibly as a retreat from the chaos and exposed nature of politics. In the play it is implied that his piano tutor had made certain sexual advantages towards him, possibly a reason why in later life he made it so difficult to make a romantic or sexual connection Sexuality Heath's sexuality has been questioned many ...