full length · drama
The Old Bachelor: A Comedy
Royalty-free Public domain — free to read, perform, and adapt. No licence needed.
Characters
| Bell | lead | 152 speeches |
| Sharp | supporting | 119 speeches |
| Sir Jo | supporting | 89 speeches |
| Vain | supporting | 66 speeches |
| Heart | supporting | 64 speeches |
| Belin | supporting | 64 speeches |
| Fond | supporting | 61 speeches |
| Læt | supporting | 61 speeches |
| Aram | supporting | 58 speeches |
| Bluff | supporting | 52 speeches |
| Lucy | minor | 46 speeches |
| Set | minor | 31 speeches |
| Silv | minor | 28 speeches |
| Setter | minor | 24 speeches |
| Bar | minor | 6 speeches |
| Foot | minor | 5 speeches |
Read the play
BELLMOUR _alone_.
Bell. Why, what a cormorant in love am I! Who, not contented with the slavery of honourable love in one place, and the pleasure of enjoying some half a score mistresses of my own acquiring, must yet take Vainlove’s business upon my hands, because it lay too heavy upon his; so am not only forced to lie with other men’s wives for ’em, but must also undertake the harder task of obliging their mistresses. I must take up, or I shall never hold out. Flesh and blood cannot bear it always.
Monologues from this play
- Heart monologue (Act 1) — The Old Bachelor: A Comedy
- Heart monologue (Act 1) — The Old Bachelor: A Comedy
- Sir Jo monologue (Act 2) — The Old Bachelor: A Comedy
- Bluff monologue (Act 2) — The Old Bachelor: A Comedy
- Heart monologue (Act 3) — The Old Bachelor: A Comedy
- Set monologue (Act 5) — The Old Bachelor: A Comedy