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Don't memorize the script word for word, memorize little sections. And in your mind, put together a thought process for why you would say what you say. Let's take this little bit of script:

HARRY
Sue Ellen's doll? How can he be a
problem? She loves Bobo! More than any
other doll she has.
LAURA
(sarcastic)
Why not? How many other eight year old
girls have a doll with a complete set of
male sex organs?
HARRY
C'mon, now, Laura! We discussed all that.
And we agreed it was silly to have to
explain that every man has a tinkletiinkle.
And then have to explain why her
boy dolls don't.
LAURA
Right. So you went out and bought Bobo,
the anatomically accurate Real-Boy-Doll.
HARRY
Even our pediatrician thought it was a
very, well, interesting idea.
LAURA
Well, it seems that Mr. Jerome Grogan
doesn't agree with our pediatrician.

Love this scene, it's so funny. Anyways, tricks for memorizing. First of all, if you were Laura, you wouldn't memorize the whole sentance. (With dialogue this short, yes you would, but I'm just using this as an example) Instead you take small snippets. Her first line is
Why not? How many other eight year old
girls have a doll with a complete set of
male sex organs?

So you would just memorize "Why not... eight year old girls doll.....male sex organs..." And you have to somehow connect it to what Harry says. "Why would I say this? What prompts me to ask this question?" He mentions the doll, so you remember that you don't agree with the doll.

And of course, just read over it again and again and again. Start by reading over one page, using those little tricks to memorize it. Whne that page is done, then move to the first three pages. Then when that's memorized, the first ten. Keep moving up in increments until you've got the whole thing down. You can do it!

This is time consuming and it seems like a pain in the a** but this got me through memorizing 7 monologes. You need to have a line reader for it but you go back and forth reading the line one word at a time, adding the next word the next pass.

Example:
The line is "Oh how good of you to join us."

Reader says: Oh
You repeat: Oh
Reader says: Oh how
You repeat: Oh how
Reader: Oh how good
You: Oh how good
Reader: Oh how good of
You: Oh how good of

And so on. It seems silly but it REALLY does work well!

what i do is depending on how long i have to memorise it, i memorise a scene every like for exapmle 2 days, and it adds up.

say them outloud to yourself and try to memorize them by how they sound in your voice. That's how i do it. But ive discovered...that some people just can't do that...so don't feel bad if u can't. it's got nothing to do with your acting skills or anything. it's just a method of memorizing. and it works best for me personally. smile

Well me when I learn a text, I learn it all. It might not be a good way to do things, but it works for me. I also realized this is a good way to like, be able to get it back on the good track if someone misses his line or something.

Or you can try to learn your line, and the sentence from the line before, so when you hear the sentence, you'll be able to associate it to the good line. One of my friend thinks it is easier like that because for him, the text comes more naturally.