Monologue

Gremio Monologue from The Taming of the Shrew

From The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare

male · comedic · 1:18 min

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Trembled and shook, for why, he stamp’d and swore As if the vicar meant to cozen him. But after many ceremonies done, He calls for wine: ‘A health!’ quoth he, as if He had been abroad, carousing to his mates After a storm; quaff’d off the muscadel, And threw the sops all in the sexton’s face, Having no other reason But that his beard grew thin and hungerly And seem’d to ask him sops as he was drinking. This done, he took the bride about the neck, And kiss’d her lips with such a clamorous smack That at the parting all the church did echo. And I, seeing this, came thence for very shame; And after me, I know, the rout is coming. Such a mad marriage never was before. Hark, hark! I hear the minstrels play. (Music plays.) Enter Petruchio, Katherina, Bianca, Baptista, Hortensio, Grumio and Train.

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Gremio observes a chaotic wedding ceremony, filled with absurdity and shame, leading him to leave in disgust as he anticipates the arrival of others.

40s · disgust · madness · marriage · shame · social norms

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