Monologue

Maurya Monologue from Riders to the Sea

From Riders to the Sea by John Millington Synge

female · anguished · 42 sec

A little defiantly.—I’m after seeing him this day, and he riding and galloping. Bartley came first on the red mare; and I tried to say “God speed you,” but something choked the words in my throat. He went by quickly; and “the blessing of God on you,” says he, and I could say nothing. I looked up then, and I crying, at the gray pony, and there was Michael upon it—with fine clothes on him, and new shoes on his feet.

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