Monologue

Larry Monologue from John Bull's Other Island

From John Bull's Other Island by Bernard Shaw

male · dark · 1:03 min

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Oh, we'll employ him in some capacity or other, and probably pay him more than he makes for himself now. BROADBENT (dubiously). Do you think so? No no: Haffigan's too old. It really doesn't pay now to take on men over forty even for unskilled labor, which I suppose is all Haffigan would be good for. No: Haffigan had better go to America, or into the Union, poor old chap! He's worked out, you know: you can see it. (KEEGAN: Poor lost soul, so cunningly fenced in with invisible bars!) Haffigan doesn't matter much. He'll die presently. BROADBENT (shocked). Oh come, Larry! Don't be unfeeling. It's hard on Haffigan. It's always hard on the inefficient.

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30s · sadness · death · inefficiency · isolation · ageism

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