Monologue

James Monologue from The Return of Peter Grimm

From The Return of Peter Grimm by David Belasco

male · contemplative · 58 sec

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(On the threshold.) No indeed. (CATHERINE: Do you like your new work?) Anything to get back to the gardens, Catherine. I've always done outside work and I prefer it; but I would shovel dirt rather than work for any one else. (CATHERINE: James!) It's true. When the train reached the Junction, and a boy presented the passengers with the usual flower and the "compliments of Peter Grimm"--it took me back to the time when that was my job; and when I saw the old sign, "Grimm's Botanic Gardens and Nurseries"--I wanted to jump off the train and run through the grounds. It seemed as though every tulip called "hello" to me.

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30s · longing · identity · freedom · nostalgia · ambition

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