Monologue

Hodson Monologue from John Bull's Other Island

From John Bull's Other Island by Bernard Shaw

male · dark · 1:10 min

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I shouldn't think he drank tea, sir. (BROADBENT: Well, bring whatever you think he'd like.) Yes sir (An electric bell rings). Here he is, sir. Saw you arrive, sir. (BROADBENT: Right. Show him in..) Mr Affigan. Haffigan is a stunted, shortnecked, smallheaded, redhaired man of about 30, with reddened nose and furtive eyes. He is dressed in seedy black, almost clerically, and might be a tenth-rate schoolmaster ruined by drink. He hastens to shake Broadbent's hand with a show of reckless geniality and high spirits, helped out by a rollicking stage brogue. This is perhaps a comfort to himself, as he is secretly pursued by the horrors of incipient delirium tremens. HAFFIGAN. Tim Haffigan, sir, at your service. The top o the mornin to you, Misther Broadbent.

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30s · fear · madness · identity · isolation · redemption

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