Monologue

Mrs Tarleton Monologue from Misalliance

From Misalliance by Bernard Shaw

female · contemplative · 1:39 min

Rehearse this freeFind more monologues
Well, no, not afraid of them, exactly; but youve got to pick up their ways. You know, dear, I never quite agreed with your father's notion of keeping clear of them, and sending you to a school that was so expensive that they couldnt afford to send their daughters there; so that all the girls belonged to big business families like ourselves. It takes all sorts to make a world; and I wanted you to see a little of all sorts. When you marry Bunny, and go among the women of his father's set, theyll shock you at first. (HYPATIA: How?) Well, the things they talk about. (HYPATIA: Oh! scandalmongering?) Oh no: we all do that: thats only human nature. But you know theyve no notion of decency. I shall never forget the first day I spent with a marchioness, two duchesses, and no end of Ladies This and That. Of course it was only a committee: theyd put me on to get a big subscription out of John. I'd never heard such talk in my life. The things they mentioned! And it was the marchioness that started it.

About this piece

40s · disgust · identity · society · family · class

Rehearse Mrs Tarleton's monologue

Run it out loud with a spotlight that follows your voice, line by line, until it's off the page. Free to start, no credit card.

Rehearse freeStart rehearsing

More from Misalliance

Browse