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She a real madam. “Yuh working, George?”...

George

Intimate Apparel

Lynn Nottage

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Character
Gender
Male
Playing Age
Adult
Style
Dramatic
Act/Scene
Act Two, Scene Two,
Time & Place
A boarding house, Lower Manhattan, 1905,
Length
Short
Time Period
Contemporary
Show Type
Play
Age Guidance
Youth (Y)/General Audiences (G)

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She a real madam. “Yuh working, George?” “Oh, nuh.” I ain’t been this idle since a boy in St. Lucy. But that busylickum ain’ ‘ear nothing. I got me pats on the back from white engineers, and a letter of recommendation from the Yankee crew chief heself.

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Yes. But ‘e point just so to the Irishmen, the German and the tall Norwegian who’s at least fifty years plus five. And I got more experience than the lot. I tell ‘e so. Next time, ‘e say. Next time, George. Can you believe?

Nottage, Lynn. Intimate Apparel. Dramatists Play Service, New York, NY, 2005. pp. 40.

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