The Wife has an opening soliloquy, "What will become of us?
When the Giants beat the Washington Redskins, 19-3, at Giants Stadium on Sunday, Coughlin stepped to the lectern and did not offer an opening soliloquy.
A year later, cheekily auditioning with the opening soliloquy from Richard III, he caught the eye of star-maker Laurence Olivier who was recruiting promising spear-carriers for his new National Theatre Company.
In the opening soliloquy he declares his true intent: then Clarence will go to prison this day.
Still, the text of the libretto is prone to melodramatic excess, as in the elder Jiang's opening soliloquy: "Martyr to my own cause,/Yes, I am she.
After the conclusion of Act 5, Scene 7 from 3 Henry VI, the film then moves on to the opening soliloquy from Act 1, Scene 1 of Richard III.
Traditionally, the newly crowned czar's haunted opening soliloquy on the steps of the cathedral is played as an interior monologue.
It occurs in the opening soliloquy of the scene when Macbeth is considering the ramifications of the murder he is plotting.
The opening soliloquy of Richard III has its roots in the self-declaration of Vice in medieval drama.
The jury watched an edited version, showing only Eddie Lee Sexton's opening soliloquy and his closing remarks.