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Death is so scary. Aren’t you scared? I...

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Approaching Zanzibar

Tina Howe

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Gender
Female
Playing Age
Child
Style
Dramatic
Act/Scene
Act Two, Scene Four
Time & Place
Olivia’s bedroom, Taos, New Mexico,
Length
Medium
Time Period
Contemporary
Show Type
Play
Age Guidance
Thirteen Plus (PG-13)

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Death is so scary. Aren’t you scared? I don’t want to die. I get so scared thinking about it, I can’t sleep. Every night I touch my bedside light forty-four times and hold my breath for as long as I can and pray, “Please God, don’t let me die! I’ll be good, I’ll be good!”
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And, and… Oh no, it’s starting to happen now… I don’t want to die, I don’t want to die...

Howe, Tina. Approaching Zanzibar and other plays. Theatre Communications Group, New York, NY. 1995. p. 19.

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