Monologue

Larry Monologue from John Bull's Other Island

From John Bull's Other Island by Bernard Shaw

male · defiant · 42 sec

Because it was by using Patsy's poverty to undersell England in the markets of the world that we drove England to ruin Ireland. And she'll ruin us again the moment we lift our heads from the dust if we trade in cheap labor; and serve us right too! If I get into parliament, I'll try to get an Act to prevent any of you from giving Patsy less than a pound a week (they all start, hardly able to believe their ears) or working him harder than you'd work a horse that cost you fifty guineas.

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