Monologue

Schutzmacher Monologue from The Doctor's Dilemma

From The Doctor's Dilemma by Bernard Shaw

male · defiant · 48 sec

I dont understand that. I felt that I couldnt very well lend it. (WALPOLE: What did he say?) Well, he made a very uncalled-for remark about a Jew not understanding the feelings of a gentleman. I must say you Gentiles are very hard to please. You say we are no gentlemen when we lend money; and when we refuse to lend it you say just the same. I didnt mean to behave badly. As I told him, I might have lent it to him if he had been a Jew himself. SIR PATRICK (with a grunt) And what did he say to that?

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