Monologue

Svietlovidoff Monologue from Swan Song

From Swan Song by Anton Chekhov

male · anguished · 55 sec

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Ah! It is you, Nikitushka, is it? Just think, the audience called me out sixteen times; they brought me three wreathes and lots of other things, too; they were all wild with enthusiasm, and yet not a soul came when it was all over to wake the poor, drunken old man and take him home. And I am an old man, Nikitushka! I am sixty-eight years old, and I am ill. I haven’t the heart left to go on. Don’t go away, Nikitushka; I am old and helpless, and I feel it is time for me to die. Oh, it is dreadful, dreadful!

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Svietlovidoff reflects on his recent performance and the lack of support from others, expressing his feelings of loneliness and despair as he confronts his old age and impending death.

60 and up · despair · death · isolation · aging · identity

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