The Floating Room

In drama monologue The Floating Room, Martin confides in his mother about a message he failed to deliver to one of his patients.

Featured Monologue – The Floating Room

MARTIN: Anyway, we’ve — we’ve suffered enough. It’s most likely that we are going our separate ways. We had a major blowout a few weeks ago, and I had a sleepless night. I drank a lot, which isn’t like me at all, but I drank quite a bit and still went to work. I didn’t have any surgeries that day; I would have re-assigned or re-scheduled them regardless.

However, there was an incident that occurred that, that I can’t get my head around, something I’m quite ashamed of, and it has made me question myself, that perhaps I’m not as good a person as I believed myself to be.

…There was a man, a dying man, under my care. It was about two thirty in the morning, and his hour of passing had come. I spoke with his son on the phone; his son was overseas and therefore couldn’t make it to the hospital in time. Needless to say, this young man asked if I could relate a message to his father.

I hung up the phone, I had every intention of giving this message, but when I got into the room, a coldness came over me. I wanted to get things over with, I lost all sense of care or concern… I wanted this man to die gently and without delay, so I could get on with my own problems.

Within fifteen minutes, he had passed. I never gave him the words his son cried to me. It was too late.

When I got home, I went to bed, and since waking up, I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it.

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Monologue Summary

In drama monologue from The Floating Room, Martin confesses to Marsha about how he believes he failed in his duty of being a doctor.

• Genre: Drama
• Length: ~1 Minute
• Monologue Character: Martin
• Age Range: Any
• Themes: loss, guilt, remorse
• Best For: Male Dramatic Monologues

World of the Play

• Cast Size: 1 woman, 1 man
• Characters in Play: Martin, Marsha
• Time Period: Modern
• Synopsis: In the one-act drama play The Floating Room, Martin unexpectedly visits his parent’s home early in the morning, while trying to cope with emotional issues regarding the loss of a patient and his failing marriage.

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Monologue Source: The Floating Room

The Floating Room is a dramatic one-act ePlay by Joseph Arnone, 2026.