Monologue

Aunt Candace Monologue from WHITE DRESSES(A Tragedy of Negro Life)

From WHITE DRESSES(A Tragedy of Negro Life) by PAUL GREENE

female · dramatic · 54 sec

Bring me de li'l black box, gal. Bring me de box! Bring me de box! Bring me de box, I say! I's gwine tell you de secret o' dis li'l box. Yo' mammy told me to tell you if de time ever come, an' it's come. She seed trouble an' our mammy befo' us. Look heah, chile. I's gwine tell you now. Nineteen yeahs ago come dis Christmas dey's a white man gi'n your mammy dis heah, an' dat white man is kin to you, an' he don't live fur off nuther. Gimme dat dress dere on de bed. Gimme dat dress!

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