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How did we let it come to this? And so I began to clean it. Layers of dust and dirt and grime and dead insects. In the corners and on the window sills and the ceilings. And I looked around and saw just how dirty our room was.

And when they were gone and I was alone it felt to me as if the world had been turned upside down. How dare you accuse my husband of such a thing. A powerful dramatic monologue, with a horrifying twist. For most of the monologue, Elizabeth is using the metaphor of cleaning their neglected home to express the realisation she’s made about their neglected relationship and all the things she’s swept under the rug, until now. She explains how she immediately defended him to the policemen, but then as she set about cleaning and painting their house, she makes a horrifying discovery. In this monologue, after throwing a glass on wine in his face, Elizabeth confronts her husband, Henry, about a visit she received earlier that day from two policemen, and the accusations they made against Henry. This monologue, which can be found towards the end of the play, sheds light on exactly what happened to make Gabriel Law’s father leave. Gabriel York’s father, Gabriel Law, has a strained relationship with his mother as a result of her refusal to shed light on the mysterious disappearance of his father when Gabriel Law was only seven years old. Our protagonist, Gabriel York is the grandson of Henry and Elizabeth Law, who we meet in London in 1959. Older Elizabeth in When the Rain Stops Falling by Andrew Bovellīovell’s When the Rain Stops Falling is an intergenerational story about a family in Alice Springs, Australia. Gather round, ladies! Here are some powerful and passionate monologues for women in the latter half of their lives (arguably, the best half!) These monologues are all from theatre, if you’re after a film monologue, you can head here, or a monologue from TV, head here.