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Easy livin’. Like the times I was singin...

Billie Holiday

Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill

Lanie Robertson

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Gender
Female
Playing Age
Adult
Style
Comedic
Act/Scene
1
Time & Place
A run-down night club in Pennsylvania in 1959
Length
Long
Time Period
Contemporary
Show Type
Play
Age Guidance
Mature Audiences (M)

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Easy livin’. Like the times I was singing with Artie’s band. Artie Shaw. An’ we toured, see. We started out in Boston an’ it was all down hill from that.

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“Watch out for Billie. She’s got a secret weapon. She’ll spoil your shoes quicker’n you can pay to get ‘em polished” an’ all kinda silly shit like that. But I loved ‘em. They was pals to this black bitch an’ I’ll never forget it.

For full extended monologue, please refer to the script edition cited here: Lanie Robertson, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill, Concord Theatricals, 1959, pp. 25-27.

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