What was the person called that was known as The Irving of the music halls was also famous for their speech presented by a single character, most often to express their mental thoughts aloud?
Monologue In theatre, a monologue (from Greek: μονόλογος , from μόνος "mónos", "alone, solitary" and λόγος "lógos", "speech") is a speech presented by a single character, most often to express their mental thoughts aloud, though sometimes also to directly address another character or the audience. Monologues are common across the range of dramatic media (plays, films, etc.), as well as in non-dramatic media such as poetry. Monologues share much in common with several other literary devices including soliloquies, apostrophes, and aside. There are, however, distinctions between each of these devices.
Oscar speech An Oscar speech is a public monologue given by a person who has just been awarded an Academy Award, an accolade given annual by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honor cinematic achievements in the film industry. Though speeches are common for award ceremonies, it is a particularly significant feature of the Academy Awards due to their worldwide audience and history of featuring prominent celebrities.