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Patsy Monologue from John Bull's Other Island

From John Bull's Other Island by Bernard Shaw

female · dramatic · 1:02 min

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Sure I-- CORNELIUS (bustling him up the bill) Whisht! heres Ant Judy. (Patsy goes grumbling in disgrace, with Father Dempsey's hamper). Aunt Judy comes down the hill, a woman of 50, in no way remarkable, lively and busy without energy or grip, placid without tranquillity, kindly without concern for others: indeed without much concern for herself: a contented product of a narrow, strainless life. She wears her hair parted in the middle and quite smooth, with a fattened bun at the back. Her dress is a plain brown frock, with a woollen pelerine of black and aniline mauve over her shoulders, all very trim in honor of the occasion. She looks round for Larry; is puzzled; then stares incredulously at Broadbent.

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50s · confusion · identity · family · isolation · power

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