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The Lady from Shanghai

By Orson Welles from the novel by Sherwood King - Film

FilmScreen

Roles

  • Michael O'Hara - Male

About this piece

Michael O'Hara shark monologue

Summary

Michael O'Hara is a seaman who, infatuated with Mrs. Bannister, accepts a job on a boat with a group of shady people and gets framed in a bizarre murder plot. In this monologue Michael O'Hara is addressing the people on the boat

Tone

DescriptiveMockingReminiscing life story/Telling a story

Use cases

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