Monologue

Asher Monologue from Dr. Jonathan

From Dr. Jonathan by Winston Churchill

male · defiant · 47 sec

I refuse to discuss it. (He takes the paper out of his docket and holds it up.) Do you see this paper? It's a plan I had made, of my own free will, for the betterment and advancement of the working class. It was inspired by the suggestion of my son, who is now fighting in France. I came back to Foxon Falls this morning happy in the hope that I was to do something to encourage what was good in labour--and how have I been met? With a demand, with a threat. I was a fool to think you could stand decent treatment! (He seizes the paper, and tears it in two.)

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