Monologue

Leath Monologue from Bartholomew Fair

From Bartholomew Fair by Ben Jonson

male · comedic · 1:02 min

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Gentles, that no longer your expectations may wander, Behold our chief actor, amorous Leander. With a great deal of cloth, lapp'd about him like a scarf, For he yet serves his father, a dyer at Puddle-wharf; Which place we'll make bold with, to call it our Abydus, As the Bank-side is our Sestos; and let it not be deny'd us. Now as he is beating to make the dye take the fuller, Who chances to come by, but fair Hero in a sculler; And seeing Leander's naked leg and goodly calf, Cast at him from the boat a sheep's eye and an half. Now she is landed, and the sculler come back, By and by you shall see what Leander doth lack.

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Leath introduces Leander, setting the stage for a romantic encounter with Hero, creating a playful atmosphere filled with youthful desire.

20s · anticipation · love · identity · desire · youth

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