(Long pause. She lights another cigarette from the stub of the first.)
(She stops. Looks directly at the audience. Hard.) a taste of honey monologue
To master a monologue from this play, focus on the following elements: A Taste of Honey - Shelagh Delaney and Joan Littlewood (Long pause
(Glares at the cigarette.)
Everyone's so terrified for me. "Poor Jo," they say. "What on earth are you going to do with a baby?" As if I’m some sort of monster for bringing you into this grey, miserable world. Geof wants to play daddy, bless his gentle, ridiculous heart. He cleans the floors and buys the groceries and acts like we’re playing house. But it’s not a game, is it? (Her voice softens, dropping its defensive edge.) Geof wants to play daddy, bless his gentle, ridiculous heart
I’m scared, little one. I’m absolutely terrified. Helen says I’ll ruin you, that I don't have a maternal bone in my body. And maybe she's right. Maybe it's in the blood, like a disease we just keep passing down from mother to daughter.