Edstaston Monologue from Great Catherine (Whom Glory Still Adores)

From Great Catherine (Whom Glory Still Adores) by Bernard Shaw

male · defiant · 1:07 min

As I said before: Damn your eyes! NARYSHKIN (almost in tears). Well, it isn't my fault. (To the soldiers, insolently.) You know your orders? You remember what you have to do when the Empress gives you the word? (The soldiers salute in assent.) Naryshkin passes through the curtains, admitting a blare of music and a strip of the brilliant white candlelight from the chandeliers in the ballroom as he does so. The white light vanishes and the music is muffled as the curtains fall together behind him. Presently the band stops abruptly: and Naryshkin comes back through the curtains. He makes a warning gesture to the soldiers, who stand at attention. Then he moves the curtain to allow Catherine to enter. She is in full Imperial regalia, and stops sternly just where she has entered. The soldiers fall on their knees.

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