monologists
One-person show performers
Monologists are people who deliver monologues—extended speeches by a single person.
The term applies to stage performers who do solo acts, characters in plays who speak at length, and by extension, anyone who dominates conversation without letting others contribute: He's one of those monologists who never notices when you've stopped listening.
One who entertains audiences
- stageRaised performance platform
- audienceGathered viewers collectively
- spotlightConcentrated illumination source
- storytellerOne who recounts tales
comedian · raconteur · entertainer · delivery · timing · theatrical · recital · autobiographical
One who talks
- lecturerOne who teaches formally
- oratorSkilled public speaker
- pontificatorOne who opines pompously
- talkerOne who speaks
speechmaker · sermonizer · declaimer · rhetorician · expositor · presenter · rambler · windbag
One who tells events
- voiceSound from throat
- first-person"I" as narrator
- stream-of-consciousnessNarrative of unfiltered thought
- interiorInside area or region
Dostoevsky · Beckett · confessional · Browning · persona · solitary · introspective · meditative
performer
One who entertains audiences
- stageRaised performance platform
- audienceGathered viewers collectively
- spotlightConcentrated illumination source
storyteller · comedian · raconteur · entertainer · delivery · timing · theatrical · recital · autobiographical · narrative
speaker
One who talks
- lecturerOne who teaches formally
- oratorSkilled public speaker
- pontificatorOne who opines pompously
talker · speechmaker · sermonizer · declaimer · rhetorician · expositor · presenter · rambler · windbag · bloviator
narrator
One who tells events
- voiceSound from throat
- first-person"I" as narrator
- stream-of-consciousnessNarrative of unfiltered thought
interior · Dostoevsky · Beckett · confessional · Browning · persona · solitary · introspective · meditative · self-revelation
monologistsconversationalists
Skilled talkers
interlocutors · discussants · debaters · collaborators · panelists
monologistslisteners
Those who attend aurally
auditors · silent partners · spectators · sounding boards · observers