Monologue

Sir Launcelot Monologue from Arthur

From Arthur by Laurence Binyon

male · dramatic · 1:25 min

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It was that battle on the Solway shore, When all the sands were blood, and we were pressed So heavily by the wild men of the isles That in the press the King came near his death. This shielded Arthur then. (ELAINE: And you, you saved him.) So kingly a King, who would not die for him? He has made this isle of Britain such a realm As famous Alexander might have throned Or Cæsar bled for: Beat back the Saxon, soldered into one The princedoms that were all at envious broil With one another; made his name a trumpet, Sounding across the seas even to Rome. The world knows that; but I know more and dearer. (ELAINE: How came this other scar?) Ah, that was done By my own friend, Sir Gawaine. He mistook me For the false Torquil, who had trapped his brothers. But, when he knew, he flung his sword away And caught me to his heart; a headlong man In wrath or love.

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30s · trust · honor · betrayal · power · friendship

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