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| Character | Susan???? | |
|---|---|---|
| Gender | Female | |
| Age Range(s) | Young Adult (20-35), Adult (36-50) | |
| Type of monologue / Character is | Descriptive, Reminiscing life story/Telling a story | |
| Type | Dramatic | |
| Year | 1901 | |
| Period | 20th Century | |
| Genre | Romance, Drama, Comedy | |
| Description | Susan gives her sister a wedding gift | |
| Location | ACT I | |
Summary
The play is about the love story between Miss Phoebe Throssel and Valentine Brown. At first Phoebe is disappointed as her love interest leaves for war without proposing to her. Then, 10 years later, when Valentine comes back, Phoebe disguises herself as "Miss Livvy", a younger and more flirtatious version of herself. At first Valentine is captivated by her but at the end he realizes Phoebe is the woman he really loves.
This monologue comes in the first act and is delivered by Susan who is Phoebe's sister. They are waiting for Valentine to show up. Phoebe is confident he wants to propose to her. Excited, Susan gives her sister a wedding present, a wedding gown that she made years before when she thought she was going to get married...
This monologue comes in the first act and is delivered by Susan who is Phoebe's sister. They are waiting for Valentine to show up. Phoebe is confident he wants to propose to her. Excited, Susan gives her sister a wedding present, a wedding gown that she made years before when she thought she was going to get married...
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| Excerpt |
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| MISS SUSAN: "Phoebe, I have a wedding gift for you. It has been ready for a long time. I began it when you were not ten years old and I was a young woman. I meant it for myself, Phoebe. I had hoped that he -- his name was William -- but I must have been too unattractive, my love. I always associate it with a sprigged poplin I was wearing that summer, with a breadth of coloured silk in it, being a naval officer; but something happened, a Miss Cicely Pemberton, and they are quite big boys now. So long ago, Phoebe -- he was very tall, with brown hair -- it was most foolish of me, but I was always so fond of sewing -- with long straight legs and such a pleasant expression. It was a wedding gown, my dear. Even plain women, Phoebe, we can't help it; when we are young we have romantic ideas just as if we were pretty. And so the wedding-gown was never used. Long before it was finished I knew he would not offer, but I finished it, and then I put it away. I have always hidden it from you, Phoebe, but of late I have brought it out again, and altered it. You will wear it, my love ... won't you? And the tears it was sewn with long ago will all turn into smiles on my Phoebe's wedding day." |
