Thomas Robinson Monologue from Possession: A Peep-Show in Paradise

From Possession: A Peep-Show in Paradise by Laurence Housman

male · anguished · 1:20 min

Three of them I see before me. You, Laura, used to scream horribly. When you were teething, I was sleepless. Your Mother insisted on having you in the room with us. No wonder I went elsewhere. (MARTHA: I'm going!) Don't, Martha! You were the quietest of the lot. When you were two years old I even began to like you. You were the exception. (LAURA: Haven't you any affection for your old home?) None. It was a prison. You were the gaolers and the turnkeys. To keep my feet in the domestic way you made me wool-work slippers, and I had to wear them. You gave me neckties, which I wouldn't wear. You gave me affection of a demanding kind, which I didn't want. You gave me a moral atmosphere which I detested. And at last I could bear it no more, and I escaped. LAURA (deaf to instruction). Papa, we wish you and our dear Mother to come back and live with us.

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