See more scenes from Noël Coward
In the drawing room of Florence Lancaster’s London flat, Pauncefort
READ MORE - PRO MEMBERS ONLY
Join the StageAgent community to learn more about this scene from The Vortex and unlock other amazing theatre resources!
Already a member? Log in
READ MORE - PRO MEMBERS ONLY
Upgrade to PRO to learn more about this scene from The Vortex and unlock other amazing theatre resources!
START: Pawnie : It may be tiresome of me, but I think all this colouring is oppressive.
Helen: You make such a “ Fetish ” of house decoration, Pawnie.
Pawnie {wandering round the room): Not at all, but I do like things to be good and right.
[...]
END: Helen ; Thank you so much.
Pawnie: You must realize one thing, everyone is sacrificed to Florence — it’s as it should be — of course, she’s a couple of hundred years too late — she ought to have been a flaunting, intriguing King’s mistress, with black page boys and jade baths and things too divine--
Noel Coward. The Vortex. Ernest Benn Ltd, 1924. Pp. 9-13
More about this monologue
