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

The Good Person of Szechuan

Shen Te/Shui Ta

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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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