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monologue
drama
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Ma's Plea to Stay

from Belfast

Written by Kenneth Branagh

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Belfast

A passionate, desperate, protective, defiant MA's monologue from "Belfast" by Kenneth Branagh. Genre: drama.

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You an me, we have known each other since we were toddlers. We’ve known this street, and every street round it, all our lives, an every man, woman, an’ chil’ that lives in every bloody house, whether we like it or not. I like it. An’ y’ say you’ve a wee garden for them boys? But here they can play w

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CharactersMA
Duration1:00
Age Range30-40
Genderfemale
Genredrama
PeriodContemporary
Formatmonologue
SourceBelfast
Tonepassionate, desperate, protective, defiant
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