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Straforel Monologue from The Romancers: A Comedy in Three Acts

From The Romancers: A Comedy in Three Acts by Edmond Rostand

male · comedic · 1:56 min

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That depends, Monsieur, on the kind you wish; we have them at all prices. In an affair of this kind, however, nothing should be spared. If I were in your place, I should have a first-class abduction. (BERGAMIN: Then you have many classes?) Indeed I have. I have the ordinary vulgar abduction in a cab, with two men dressed in black--that's rarely used; the daylight abduction, the midnight abduction; the pompous abduction in a court carriage, with powdered servants--wigs are extra--with mutes, negroes, brigands, musketeers, anything you like! The abduction in a post-chaise, with two, three, four, five, horses, ad lib.; the discreet and quiet abduction, in a small carriage-- that one's rather lugubrious; the rollicking abduction, in which the victim is carried away in a sack; the romantic abduction in a boat--but a lake is necessary!--the Venetian abduction, in a gondola--ah, you have no lagoon! Moonlight abduction, or the abduction on a dark and starless night--those moonlight abductions are quite the style, though they are a little dear!--Besides these, there is the abduction by torch-light, with cries and screams, and clash and shock of arms; the brutal abduction, the polite abduction; the classical one with masks; the gallant abduction to the accompaniment of music; but the latest, most stylish, gayest of all, is the sedan-chair abduction!

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30s · joy · abduction · identity · power · romance

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