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The Monk: A Romance
(Chapter 2)
The Oakes College
By Anthony Marshall
CAST
Narrator...............................................
Ambrosio.............................
Rosario..................................…………
RECORD: Thursday 11th July 1400 - 2200
STUDIO: The Oakes College Cambridge Recording Suite
SM: Miss Samuels
PRODUCER: Anthony
BA: TBC
NARRATOR:
The monks having attended their abbot to the door of his cell, he dismissed
them with an air of conscious superiority, in which humility's semblance
combated with the reality of pride.
NARRATOR:
He was no sooner alone, than he gave free loose to the indulgence of his
vanity. When he remembered the enthusiasm which his discourse had
excited, his heart swelled with rapture, and his imagination presented him
with splendid visions of aggrandizement. He looked round him with
exultation; and pride told him loudly that he was superior to the rest of his
fellow-creatures.
AMBROSIO:
Who...
NARRATOR:
Thought he
Ambrosio:
Who butmyself has passed the ordealof youth,yet sees no single stain upon
his conscience? Who else has subdued the violence of strong passions and
an impetuous temperament, and submitted even from the dawn of life to
voluntary retirement? I seek for such a man in vain. I see no one but myself
possessedof such resolution. Religion cannot boastAmbrosio'sequal! How
powerful an effect did my discourse produce upon its auditors!
FX: FIRMLY PLANTS FIST ON SIDE
AMBROSIO:
How they crowded round me! How they loaded me with benedictions, and
pronounced me the sole uncorrupted pillar of the church! What then now is
left for me to do? Nothing, but to watch as carefully over the conduct of my
brethren, as I have hitherto watched over my own. Yet hold! May I not be
tempted from those paths which till now I have pursued without one
moment's wandering? Am I not a man whose nature is frail and prone to
error?
FX: LAYS ON BED LOOKING UP
AMBROSIO:
I mustnow abandon the solitude of my retreat; the fairestand noblestdames
of Madrid continually presentthemselves at the abbey, and will use no other
confessor. I must accustom my eyes to objects of temptation, and expose
myself to the seduction of luxury and desire. Should I meet in that world
which I am constrained to enter, some lovely female — lovely as you —
Madona — !"
NARRATOR:
As he said this, he fixed his eyes upon a picture of the Virgin, which was
suspended opposite to him: this for two years had been the object of his
increasing wonder and adoration. He paused,and gazed upon it with delight.
AMBROSIO:
What beauty in that countenance!
NARRATOR:
He continued after a silence of some minutes
AMBROSIO:
How graceful is the turn of that head! what sweetness, yet what majesty in
her divine eyes! How softly her cheek reclines upon her hand! Can the rose
vie with the blush of that cheek? Can the lily rival the whiteness of that hand?
Oh! if such a creature existed, and existed but for me! were I permitted to
twine round my fingers those golden ringlets, and press with my lips the
treasures of that snowy bosom!
FX: GENTLY STROKES PAINTING
AMBROSIO:
Gracious God, should I then resist the temptation? Should I not barter for a
single embrace the reward of my sufferings for thirty years? Should I not
abandon — — —
FX: TUNRS AWAY FURIOSULY
AMBROSIO:
Foolthat I am! Whither do I suffermy admiration of this picture to hurry me?
Away, impure ideas! Let me remember that woman is for ever lost to me.
Never was mortal formed so perfectas this picture. But even did such exist,
the trial might be too mighty for a common virtue; but Ambrosio's is proof
against temptation.
AMBROSIO:
Temptation,did I say? To me it would be none. What charms me, when ideal
and considered as a superior being, would disgustme, become woman and
tainted with all the failings of mortality. It is not the woman's beauty that fills
me with such enthusiasm: it is the painter's skill that I admire; it is the Divinity
that I adore.Are not the passions dead in my bosom? have I not freed myself
from the frailty of mankind?
AMBROSIO:
Fear not, Ambrosio! Take confidence in the strength of your virtue. Enter
boldly into the world, to whose failings you are superior; reflect that you are
now exempted from humanity's defects,and defy all the arts of the spirits of
darkness. They shall know you for what you are….
FX: THREE DOOR KNOCKS
NARRATOR:
Here his reverie was interrupted by three soft knocks at the door of his cell.
With difficulty did the abbot awake from his delirium. The knocking was
repeated.
FX: THREE DOOR KNOCKS
AMBROSIO:
Who is there? (SHOUTS)
NARRATOR:
Said Ambrosio at length
ROSARIO:
It is only Rosario…
NARRATOR:
Replied a gentle voice.

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Ant's Script

  • 1. The Monk: A Romance (Chapter 2) The Oakes College By Anthony Marshall CAST Narrator............................................... Ambrosio............................. Rosario..................................………… RECORD: Thursday 11th July 1400 - 2200 STUDIO: The Oakes College Cambridge Recording Suite SM: Miss Samuels PRODUCER: Anthony BA: TBC
  • 2. NARRATOR: The monks having attended their abbot to the door of his cell, he dismissed them with an air of conscious superiority, in which humility's semblance combated with the reality of pride. NARRATOR: He was no sooner alone, than he gave free loose to the indulgence of his vanity. When he remembered the enthusiasm which his discourse had excited, his heart swelled with rapture, and his imagination presented him with splendid visions of aggrandizement. He looked round him with exultation; and pride told him loudly that he was superior to the rest of his fellow-creatures. AMBROSIO: Who... NARRATOR: Thought he Ambrosio: Who butmyself has passed the ordealof youth,yet sees no single stain upon his conscience? Who else has subdued the violence of strong passions and an impetuous temperament, and submitted even from the dawn of life to voluntary retirement? I seek for such a man in vain. I see no one but myself possessedof such resolution. Religion cannot boastAmbrosio'sequal! How powerful an effect did my discourse produce upon its auditors! FX: FIRMLY PLANTS FIST ON SIDE AMBROSIO: How they crowded round me! How they loaded me with benedictions, and pronounced me the sole uncorrupted pillar of the church! What then now is
  • 3. left for me to do? Nothing, but to watch as carefully over the conduct of my brethren, as I have hitherto watched over my own. Yet hold! May I not be tempted from those paths which till now I have pursued without one moment's wandering? Am I not a man whose nature is frail and prone to error? FX: LAYS ON BED LOOKING UP AMBROSIO: I mustnow abandon the solitude of my retreat; the fairestand noblestdames of Madrid continually presentthemselves at the abbey, and will use no other confessor. I must accustom my eyes to objects of temptation, and expose myself to the seduction of luxury and desire. Should I meet in that world which I am constrained to enter, some lovely female — lovely as you — Madona — !" NARRATOR: As he said this, he fixed his eyes upon a picture of the Virgin, which was suspended opposite to him: this for two years had been the object of his increasing wonder and adoration. He paused,and gazed upon it with delight. AMBROSIO: What beauty in that countenance! NARRATOR: He continued after a silence of some minutes AMBROSIO: How graceful is the turn of that head! what sweetness, yet what majesty in her divine eyes! How softly her cheek reclines upon her hand! Can the rose vie with the blush of that cheek? Can the lily rival the whiteness of that hand? Oh! if such a creature existed, and existed but for me! were I permitted to
  • 4. twine round my fingers those golden ringlets, and press with my lips the treasures of that snowy bosom! FX: GENTLY STROKES PAINTING AMBROSIO: Gracious God, should I then resist the temptation? Should I not barter for a single embrace the reward of my sufferings for thirty years? Should I not abandon — — — FX: TUNRS AWAY FURIOSULY AMBROSIO: Foolthat I am! Whither do I suffermy admiration of this picture to hurry me? Away, impure ideas! Let me remember that woman is for ever lost to me. Never was mortal formed so perfectas this picture. But even did such exist, the trial might be too mighty for a common virtue; but Ambrosio's is proof against temptation. AMBROSIO: Temptation,did I say? To me it would be none. What charms me, when ideal and considered as a superior being, would disgustme, become woman and tainted with all the failings of mortality. It is not the woman's beauty that fills me with such enthusiasm: it is the painter's skill that I admire; it is the Divinity that I adore.Are not the passions dead in my bosom? have I not freed myself from the frailty of mankind? AMBROSIO: Fear not, Ambrosio! Take confidence in the strength of your virtue. Enter boldly into the world, to whose failings you are superior; reflect that you are now exempted from humanity's defects,and defy all the arts of the spirits of darkness. They shall know you for what you are…. FX: THREE DOOR KNOCKS
  • 5. NARRATOR: Here his reverie was interrupted by three soft knocks at the door of his cell. With difficulty did the abbot awake from his delirium. The knocking was repeated. FX: THREE DOOR KNOCKS AMBROSIO: Who is there? (SHOUTS) NARRATOR: Said Ambrosio at length ROSARIO: It is only Rosario… NARRATOR: Replied a gentle voice.