Well, don't you see? Most of the people wouldn't know till it was all over! And oh, Ethel, it would be such a lark! (ETHEL and FREDDY gaze at each other dubiously.) Who was going to play for Miss Pilkington? (ETHEL: I was.) Well, then, you can play for me! You see, Ethel, I'm afraid to tell your mother... she mightn't be willing. She wants to suppress me, and oh, I just can't be suppressed! I must have something to do or I'll jump out of my skin, Ethel. Truly, my dear, if this goes on much longer, I'll go out and climb the telegraph pole in front of the house! And if I can only make an impression with my dancing, then I may choose that for my career. I've been thinking of it seriously... it's one way, that people might let me preach joy and health to them. If I can't do that, I'll go off and turn into a suffragette, or join the Anarchists, or something worse!

Oceana Monologue from The Naturewoman

Rehearse Oceana's monologue