Egerton Monologue from The Americans

From The Americans by Edwin Davies Schoonmaker

male · defiant · 1:06 min

What do they care for Country or for Art, Or any of the higher things of life? 'Give us this day our daily trade.' We live, We manufacturers, to fill their tills. (CHADBOURNE: They're sowing dragons' teeth and they don't know it.) You'll see them to-morrow when I start the mill; They'll tip their hats when I pass through the streets. And you could comb the town: they never heard of Any petition to the Governor, Nor any contributions, not a one. They're all staunch friends of mine, and always have been. 'Why, Colonel Egerton, he built this town, Our leading citizen.' I'll get them though. (CHADBOURNE: If you could shut down for a season, say.) That's just what I've been wanting to do, Chadbourne. Unfortunately, just now we're in a place Where we can't do as we would like to do; Or rather Jergens is.

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