Flanders and Swann - Monologues

Monologues

Flanders' comic monologues include:

• "By Air"—about the vogue for air travel. "I agree with the old lady who said, 'If God had intended us to fly, He would never have given us the railways.'"
• "Tried by the Centre Court"—a Wimbledon match between Miss L. Hammerfest and Miss Joan Hunter-Dunn. "They are bashing a ball with the gut of a cat".
• "Greensleeves"—about the background to the composition of the famous English air. An annotated version, explaining all the jokes, is available online.
• Los Olividados—describing a festival akin to bullfighting, where the bull is replaced with an olive. The title is a reference to Los Olvidados, or The Forgotten Ones, a 1950 movie by the director Luis Buñuel.
• "Built-up Area"—a prehistoric inhabitant of Salisbury Plain complains about a new development: Stonehenge.