Captain Shotover Monologue from Heartbreak House

From Heartbreak House by Bernard Shaw

male · dark · 56 sec

I had to deal with men so degraded that they wouldn't obey me unless I swore at them and kicked them and beat them with my fists. Foolish people took young thieves off the streets; flung them into a training ship where they were taught to fear the cane instead of fearing God; and thought they'd made men and sailors of them by private subscription. I tricked these thieves into believing I'd sold myself to the devil. It saved my soul from the kicking and swearing that was damning me by inches. ELLIE (releasing him). I shall pretend to sell myself to Boss Mangan to save my soul from the poverty that is damning me by inches.

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