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| Character | Lord | |
|---|---|---|
| Gender | Male | |
| Age Range(s) | Adult (36-50), Senior (>50) | |
| Type of monologue / Character is | Descriptive, Gives orders, Rejoicing/Excited, Malicious/scheming | |
| Type | Dramatic | |
| Period | Renaissance | |
| Genre | Comedy | |
| Description | A lord wants to play a joke on a drunk beggar | |
| Location | Induction | |
Summary
The play starts with a brief induction, that is a framing story within which the actual play is performed. Christopher Sly, a drunk beggar, is found passed out by a lord and two huntsmen. The lord decides to take advantage of the situation to play a joke on him and have fun. He orders his servants to take him to his house, give him the best room, clean him up and, when he wakes up, treat him as if he was a lord and make him think that he has been crazy for the past 7 years insisting that he was a beggar.
In this monologue the lord tells his servants about the joke he has in mind for the drunk beggar. This monologue is found in the INDUCTION, Scene 1.
In this monologue the lord tells his servants about the joke he has in mind for the drunk beggar. This monologue is found in the INDUCTION, Scene 1.
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| Lord Even as a flattering dream or worthless fancy. Then take him up and manage well the jest: Carry him gently to my fairest chamber And hang it round with all my wanton pictures: Balm his foul head in warm distilled waters And burn sweet wood to make the lodging sweet: Procure me music ready when he wakes, To make a dulcet and a heavenly sound; And if he chance to speak, be ready straight And with a low submissive reverence Say 'What is it your honour will command?' Let one attend him with a silver basin Full of rose-water and bestrew'd with flowers, Another bear the ewer, the third a diaper, And say 'Will't please your lordship cool your hands?' Some one be ready with a costly suit And ask him what apparel he will wear; Another tell him of his hounds and horse, And that his lady mourns at his disease: Persuade him that he hath been lunatic; And when he says he is, say that he dreams, For he is nothing but a mighty lord. This do and do it kindly, gentle sirs: It will be pastime passing excellent, If it be husbanded with modesty. |
