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The shop’s gone! He doesn’t love her! I’...

Shen Te/Shui Ta

The Good Person of Szechuan

Bertolt Brecht

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Gender
Female
Playing Age
Young Adult, Adult
Style
Dramatic
Act/Scene
Scene 4
Time & Place
A tobacco shop, Szechuan, China
Length
Short
Time Period
Contemporary
Show Type
Play
Age Guidance
Mature Audiences (M)

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Start: The shop’s gone! He doesn’t love her! I’m lost! Shin, you grew up in the gutter, and so did I. Are we reckless?

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End: The sigh of love becomes a cry of fear. Why are the vultures circling? There’s a woman going to meet her man!

For full extended monologue, please refer to the script edition cited here: Brecht, Bertolt, The Good Person of Sichuan, Tr. Michael Hofmann, Methuen Drama, 1989, pp. 44-45.

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