Natural Causes
In Natural Causes, Carlston goes off on a journalist who wrote a major cover story about him, reporting false allegations.
Featured Monologue – Natural Causes
(over phone in his office)
CARLSTON: How can you say that stuff about me in the media, Jim? I’ve known you for twenty-one odd years and you go and slander my name, my entire reputation on things that aren’t even fact checked? How do you know?! How do you know if the allegations against me are true or false? There is no leaked source, there is no solid data, there are no facts, Jim.
What you have is a deep desire to get your story out to the masses and hurt everything I’ve worked so hard for because it will make you shine and make you a rock star journalist. Am I right? Am I right?
Well, you blew it, pal. I will take you for everything you are worth. I will destroy you, the same way you have tried to destroy me. And why? Huh? Why? Why me? You know who I am, what I’m about. Why me?!
You’re double-dealing, aren’t you? Getting a big payoff from one of my competitors, is that it? …Okay, if that’s the way they want to play ball, then that is the way we will play ball.
You know Jim, I actually liked you. I thought you were one of the good guys and I’m usually a pretty damn good judge of character. I am. But this has all taken me for quite a loop. Maybe I am losing my touch cause I didn’t see this coming.
But one things for sure Jim, it will be set right…
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Monologue Summary
In drama monologue from Natural Causes, Carlston threatens a journalist after his reputation was tarnished for a crime he may or may not have committed.
- Genre: Drama
- Length: ~1 Minute
- Monologue Character: Carlston
- Age Range: Any
- Themes: business
- Best For: Male Drama Monologues
World of the Play
- Cast Size: 2 characters
- Characters in Play: Carlston, Jim
- Time Period: Modern
- Synopsis: In the one-act eplay Natural Causes, Carlston is at the end of his rope when confronting Jim, a reporter who was forced to write a major news story. However, this one-act play has a turn of events that Jim never saw coming.
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Monologue Source: Natural Causes
Natural Causes is a dramatic one-act ePlay by Joseph Arnone, 2026.
