duologue
/ˈdjuːəlɒɡ
/noun
A play or part of a play with speaking roles for only two actors.Jeff, who is a kidder, and William, who is superconscientious, engage in bizarrely dialectic duologues....
- The performers will also tackle solo songs and duets, group numbers, character dances, duologues and slapstick.
- In between, we get three deskbound duologues in which people jockey for status while revealing their essential solitude.
Origin
Mid 18th century: from duo-, on the pattern of monologue.