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START: Corie: No, Paul . . . ! I don’t l...

Corie Bratter

Barefoot in the Park

Neil Simon

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Gender
Female
Playing Age
Adult
Style
Comedic
Act/Scene
Act 3
Time & Place
Two o’clock in the morning. Corie and Paul Bratter’s new Manhattan apartment.
Length
Short
Time Period
Contemporary
Show Type
Play
Age Guidance
Youth (Y)/General Audiences (G)

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START: Corie: No, Paul . . . ! I don’t like you when you’re like this. (Barricading herself in bathroom)

[Paul: (Chasing her and pounding on door) Open this door!

Corie: (From bathroom) I can’t . . . I’m scared.

Paul: Of me . . . ?

Corie: Yes . . .

Paul: Why . . . ?]

Corie: Because it’s not you anymore . . . I want the old Paul back.

[... … …]

END: Corie: I’m going to fix the hole in the skylight . . . and the leak in the closet . . . And I’m going to put in a bathtub and if he wants I’ll even carry him up the stairs every night . . . Because I want him to know how much I love him.

For full monologue, please see clip or edition cited here: Simon, Neil, Barefoot in the Park, Samuel French, 1992, pp. 91-92.

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