Monologue

Gerald Barlow Monologue from Touch and Go: A Play in Three Acts

From Touch and Go: A Play in Three Acts by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

male · defiant · 1:26 min

Look here! I'm quite as tired of my way of life as you are of yours. If you make me believe you want something better, then I assure you I do: I want what you want. But Job Arthur Freer's not the man to lead you to anything better. You can tell what people want by the leaders they choose, do you see? You choose leaders whom I respect, and I'll respect you, do you see? As it is, I don't. And now I'm going. (VOICES: Who says?--Oh ay!--Who says goin'?) Yes, I'm going. About this affair here we'll cry quits; no more said about it. About a new way of life, a better way all round--I tell you I want it and need it as much as ever you do. I don't care about money really. But I'm never going to be bullied. (VOICE: Who doesn't care about money?) I don't. I think we ought to be able to alter the whole system--but not by bullying, not because one lot wants what the other has got.

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