Monologue Overview
Show
Character
Gender
Female
Playing Age
Mature Adult, Elderly
Style
Dramatic
Time & Place
Inishmaan, Aran Islands, around 1900
Length
Long
Time Period
Classical
Show Type
Play
Age Guidance
Thirteen Plus (PG-13)
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Context
Maurya has lost her last living son to the sea.
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MAURYA has gone over and knelt down at the head of the table. The women are keening softly and swaying themselves with a slow movement. CATHLEEN and NORA kneel at the other end of the table. The men kneel near the door.
MAURYA: (_raising her
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Riders the the Sea by J.M. Synge on Amazon
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