See more monologues from J.B. Priestley
Inspector Goole has been questioning members of the Birling family
READ MORE - PRO MEMBERS ONLY
Join the StageAgent community to learn more about this monologue from An Inspector Calls and unlock other amazing theatre resources!
Already a member? Log in
READ MORE - PRO MEMBERS ONLY
Upgrade to PRO to learn more about this monologue from An Inspector Calls and unlock other amazing theatre resources!
START: I’d gone in to try something on. It was an idea of my own--mother had been against it, and so had the assistant--but I insisted. As soon as I tried it on, I knew they’d been right.
[... …]
END: If she’d been some miserable plain little creature, I don’t suppose I’d have done it. But she was very pretty and looked as if she could take care of herself. I couldn’t be sorry for her.
For full extended monologue, please refer to clips or the script edition cited here: Priestley, J.B. An Inspector Calls and Other Plays. Penguin Modern Classics, London. 2000, pp. 180-1.
More about this monologue
