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| Character | Mortimer | |
|---|---|---|
| Gender | Male | |
| Age Range(s) | Senior (>50) | |
| Type of monologue / Character is | Dying, Descriptive, Lamenting, Reminiscing life story/Telling a story | |
| Type | Dramatic | |
| Period | Renaissance | |
| Genre | Historical, Drama | |
| Description | Mortimer dies | |
| Location | ACT II, Scene 5 | |
Summary
Mortimer is an English noble that has been imprisoned in the Tower of London for many years because of his claim to the English throne. He is Richard Plantagenet's uncle.
In this monologue Mortimer tells his nephew Richard Plantagenet why he has been imprisoned in the Tower of London. After Henry IV deposed Richard II, Mortimer was put in jail because he was the closest relative of the deposed king. Richard's father gathered an army and tried to install Mortimer as the king but he was defeated and execute.
This monologue is performed by an old weak man who is about to die. For more dramatic effect this monologue can be performed with another actor playing Richard Plantagenet holding Mortimer.
In this monologue Mortimer tells his nephew Richard Plantagenet why he has been imprisoned in the Tower of London. After Henry IV deposed Richard II, Mortimer was put in jail because he was the closest relative of the deposed king. Richard's father gathered an army and tried to install Mortimer as the king but he was defeated and execute.
This monologue is performed by an old weak man who is about to die. For more dramatic effect this monologue can be performed with another actor playing Richard Plantagenet holding Mortimer.
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| MORTIMER I will, if that my fading breath permit And death approach not ere my tale be done. Henry the Fourth, grandfather to this king, Deposed his nephew Richard, Edward's son, The first-begotten and the lawful heir, Of Edward king, the third of that descent: During whose reign the Percies of the north, Finding his usurpation most unjust, Endeavor'd my advancement to the throne: The reason moved these warlike lords to this Was, for that--young King Richard thus removed, Leaving no heir begotten of his body-- I was the next by birth and parentage; For by my mother I derived am From Lionel Duke of Clarence, the third son To King Edward the Third; whereas he From John of Gaunt doth bring his pedigree, Being but fourth of that heroic line. But mark: as in this haughty attempt They laboured to plant the rightful heir, I lost my liberty and they their lives. Long after this, when Henry the Fifth, Succeeding his father Bolingbroke, did reign, Thy father, Earl of Cambridge, then derived From famous Edmund Langley, Duke of York, Marrying my sister that thy mother was, Again in pity of my hard distress Levied an army, weening to redeem And have install'd me in the diadem: But, as the rest, so fell that noble earl And was beheaded. Thus the Mortimers, In whom the tide rested, were suppress'd. |
