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MRS. ANTROBUS: Dear friends, I don’t rea...

Mrs. Maggie Antrobus

The Skin of Our Teeth

Thornton Wilder

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Gender
Female
Playing Age
Adult
Style
Comedic
Act/Scene
Act 2, Scene 1
Time & Place
Atlantic City, New Jersey, After the Ice Age, 1942
Length
Medium
Time Period
Contemporary
Show Type
Play
Age Guidance
Thirteen Plus (PG-13)

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MRS. ANTROBUS: Dear friends, I don’t really think I should say anything. After all, it was my husband who was elected and not I. Perhaps, as President of the Women’s Auxiliary Bed and Board Society, - I had some notes here, oh, yes, here they are! - I should give a short report from some of our committees that have been meeting in this beautiful city.

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I think that’s very open to misunderstanding. My watchword for the year is: Save the Family. It’s held together for over five thousand years: Save it! Thank you.

Widler, Thornton, The Skin of Our Teeth, 1942, Concord Theatricals, pp. 54-56.

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