Monologue

Trash Monologue from Bartholomew Fair

From Bartholomew Fair by Ben Jonson

male · comedic · 1:01 min

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He scorns victuals, sir; he has bread and butter at home, thanks be to God! and yet he will do more for a good meal, if the toy take him in the belly; marry then they must not set him at lower ends, if they do, he'll go away, though he fast; but put him a-top o' the table, where his place is, and he'll do you forty fine things. He has not been sent for, and sought out for nothing, at your great city-suppers, to put down Coriat and Cokely, and been laughed at for his labour; he'll play you all the puppets in the town over, and the players, every company, and his own company too; he spares nobody.

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Trash humorously critiques the social dynamics at a banquet, highlighting his own worth and the absurdity of his peers' pretensions.

30s · joy · identity · power · ambition

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