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Start: Tell ya what I’ll do, little bro...

Lee

True West

Sam Shepard

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Gender
Male
Playing Age
Adult
Style
Dramatic
Act/Scene
Act 2 Scene 8
Time & Place
A home in Southern California, 1980s. Very early morning.
Length
Short
Time Period
Contemporary
Show Type
Play
Age Guidance
Thirteen Plus (PG-13)

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Start: Tell ya what I’ll do, little brother. I might just consider makin’ you a deal. Little trade. You write me up this screenplay just like I tell ya. I mean you can use all yer usual tricks and stuff.
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End: And every dime goes in my pocket. You do that and I’ll sure enough take ya with me to the desert. How’s that sound?

For full extended monologue, please refer to clips or the script edition cited here: Sam Shepard, True West, Samuel French, 1981, pp. 59-60.

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