Monologue

Doolittle Monologue from Pygmalion

From Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw

male · comedic · 50 sec

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Ah! you may well call it a silly joke. It put the lid on me right enough. Just give him the chance he wanted to show that Americans is not like us: that they recognize and respect merit in every class of life, however humble. Them words is in his blooming will, in which, Henry Higgins, thanks to your silly joking, he leaves me a share in his Pre-digested Cheese Trust worth three thousand a year on condition that I lecture for his Wannafeller Moral Reform World League as often as they ask me up to six times a year.

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Doolittle reflects on an unexpected inheritance that challenges his previous life and social status, revealing the irony of his situation and the societal values at play.

40s · surprise · identity · power · ambition · redemption

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