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I used to be what they call a Christ-bit...

Carol Cutrere

Orpheus Descending

Tennessee Williams

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Gender
Female
Playing Age
Adult
Style
Dramatic
Act/Scene
Act 1, Scene 1
Time & Place
A dry goods store in a small southern town, America, 1950s
Length
Medium
Time Period
Contemporary
Show Type
Play
Age Guidance
Thirteen Plus (PG-13)

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I used to be what they call a Christ-bitten reformer. You know what that is?--A kind of benign exhibitionist…I delivered stump speeches, wrote letters of protest, about the gradual massacre of the colored majority in the county.
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No, not liquor! Dope! Something not normal all right!--Her father and brother were warned by Vigilantes to keep her out of this country--She’s absolutely degraded! Yes, corrupt! Corrupt!

Tennessee Williams. Orpheus Descending. Dramatists Play Service, 1989. Pp. 19-20

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