Looe Monologue from The Great Adventure: A Play of Fancy in Four Acts

From The Great Adventure: A Play of Fancy in Four Acts by Arnold Bennett

male · defiant · 1:08 min

(Bows.) Lady Leonard and I have talked the matter over, and I pointed out to her that if this great genius was a member of the Church of England and if the sorrowing nation at large deems him worthy of the supreme honour of a national funeral, then by all means let him be buried in the Abbey. But if he was a Catholic, then I claim him for Westminster Cathedral, that magnificent fane which we have raised as a symbol of our renewed vitality. Now, was he a member of the Church of England? (CARVE: Decidedly not.) Good! Then I claim him. I detest casuistry and I claim him. I have only one other question. You knew him well--intimately--for many years. On your conscience, Mr. Shawn, what interment in your opinion would he himself have preferred?

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