Mrs. Pringle
from Fourteen
by Alice Gerstenberg
Monologue Text
I shall go mad! I'll never entertain again--never--never--people ought to know whether they're coming or not--but they accept and regret and regret and accept--they drive me wild. This is my last dinner party--my very last--a fiasco--an utter fiasco! A haphazard crowd--hurried together--when I had planned everything so beautifully--now how shall…
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In the book, "Ten One-Act Plays"
Copyright Status
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Copyright and Performance Guidelines Statement
NOTE: This monologue was originally published in Ten One-Act Plays. Alice Gerstenberg. New York: Brentano's, 1921. It is now a public domain work and may be performed without royalties.
Author(s)
Character Name
Mrs. Pringle
Source Title
Fourteen
Source Type
PLAY
Act / Scene
N/A
Setting
A dining room of a New York residence
Period
CONTEMPORARY
Publishing Status
PUBLISHED PIECE
Content Rating
SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES
Era
CONTEMPORARY
Monologue Type
COMIC
Gender
FEMALE (FEMININE)
Age Range
20s - LATE
Race / Ethnicity
CAUCASIAN
Dialect
STANDARD AMERICAN
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