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Tanner Monologue from Man and Superman: A Comedy and a Philosophy

From Man and Superman: A Comedy and a Philosophy by Bernard Shaw

male · comedic · 1:13 min

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Better wait here. We shan't be long. There's a young American gentleman, a Mr Malone, who is driving Mr Robinson down in his new American steam car. (THE CHAUFFEUR: American steam car! Wot! racin us down from London!) Perhaps they're here already. (THE CHAUFFEUR: If I'd known it! Why didn't you tell me, Mr Tanner?) Because I've been told that this car is capable of 84 miles an hour; and I already know what YOU are capable of when there is a rival car on the road. No, Henry: there are things it is not good for you to know; and this was one of them. However, cheer up: we are going to have a day after your own heart. The American is to take Mr Robinson and his sister and Miss Whitefield. We are to take Miss Rhoda.

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30s · anticipation · freedom · identity · competition · family

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