Hobson Monologue from Hobson's Choice: A Lancashire Comedy in Four Acts

From Hobson's Choice: A Lancashire Comedy in Four Acts by Harold Brighouse

male · defiant · 55 sec

I give and you take, and it's going to end. (MAGGIE: How much a week do you give us?) That's neither here nor there. ((Rises and moves to doors.) L.) At moment I'm on uppishness, and I'm warning you your conduct towards your parent's got to change. (Turns to the counter.) But that's not all. That's private conduct, and now I pass to broader aspects and I speak of public conduct. I've looked upon my household as they go about the streets, and I've been disgusted. The fair name and fame of Hobson have been outraged by members of Hobson's family, and uppishness has done it. (VICKEY: I don't know what you're talking about.) Vickey, you're pretty, but you can lie like a gas-meter. Who had new dresses on last week?

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