Tigellinus Monologue from Nero

From Nero by Stephen Phillips

male · dramatic · 1:00 min

And she intends this very day to hear The Briton, seated by the Emperor's side. Otho has joined her too. (SENECA: But from what cause?) He is married. (BURRUS: Ah, Poppaea!) Jealousy Hath driven him into Agrippina's snare. Fury at Nero's madness for his wife. Now what if we could raise Poppaea up As Agrippina's chief antagonist: We match the mistress 'gainst the mother--pit Passion 'gainst gratitude--a sudden lure 'Gainst old ascendency, the noon of beauty Against the evening of authority, The luring whisper 'gainst the pleading voice, The hand that beckons 'gainst the arm that sways, And set a woman to defeat a woman. To Nero I have whispered that she dotes Upon his poems, on his rhythm hangs, And cannot sleep for beauty of his verse.

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