Overview
Show
Character
Gender
Male
Playing Age
Young Adult
Style
Comedic
Act/Scene
Act Two
Time & Place
In a romantic argument, Bobbie insists that love cannot be delegated to a mother or managed like a family arrangement.
Length
Short
Time Period
Contemporary
Show Type
Play
Age Guidance
Youth (Y)/General Audiences (G)
Context
Bobbie is speaking to the person whose feelings
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Ask mother! But that's no use. Why, my mother could never make me care for someone I didn't want to, or not care for some one I did. Don't you see what I mean. If you are ever going to care for me you will have to do it on your own. Love isn't a thing to be ordered about at will. Love is wonderful—glorious, but above all, it's individual—you can't guide it. Why, you might fall in love with a taxi driver or a dope fiend——
Performance Tips
- Keep 'Ask mother' genuinely appalled; Bobbie
Emotional Beat Breakdown
1. Not Mother's Decision
- What shifts:
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