I Am Legend Monologue

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‘I am Legend’ Monologue, Robert Neville

(Neville walks into his ruined lab, piled darkseeker bodies litter the place. In the background Bob Marley’s Three Little Birds is playing) 

Don’t worry, (pause) about a thing, (pause) cause every lil’ thing, (pause) is gonna be all right. (Sung) Yeah Bob, Everything turned out all right didn’t it? Life really gets put in perspective when you’re the only person left in New York City, in fact I’m probably the last person left in the world.(Pause)I knew it was too good to be true, everyone was so (pause) thrilled that they had found a cure for cancer, they seemed to ignore the side effects. Until it was too late. (Pause) All that planning. (Pause) All those evacuation procedures. (Pause) Nothing could have prepared us for this. (Pause) Nothing.

But New York City was my site. I had to stay and put this right. Whenever I got close to finding a cure. (Pause) My test subject died. (Pause) Another one went to waste. Still at least they’re dead and not trying to eat me. Then I had to start from scratch again and the vaccine trials continued. I thought I must find one soon surely? I could just about cope when Sam was here with me. I’m so glad Marley gave me Sam before Zoe and her left on the chopper andand… (Trails off, turns away from the audience and cries. The lights go dark)

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(Lights shine back on with Neville walking around in his lab coat.)

Sam. What a great dog. He was my best friend. Heck my only friend. I was so glad that canines were immune to the airborne strain of the KV virus. (Pause) I don’t know what I would have done without him. I was so worried about him when we were hunting that deer and he ran into the gloom of the darkseeker hive (pause) our relationship could have ended there and then. Stupid dummy…he should have known better than to run into the shadow. But the way ...

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