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Start: She’s five hundred miles away. No...

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True West

Sam Shepard

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Character
Gender
Male
Playing Age
Adult
Style
Dramatic
Act/Scene
Act 2 Scene 7
Time & Place
A house in Southern California, 1980s. Night.
Length
Medium
Time Period
Contemporary
Show Type
Play
Age Guidance
Thirteen Plus (PG-13)

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Start: She’s five hundred miles away. North. North of here. Up in the North country where things are calm. I don’t need any help. I’m gonna go outside and I’m gonna steal a toaster.
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End: This is a Paradise down here. You know that? We’re livin’ in a Paradise. We’ve forgotten about that.

For full extended monologue, please refer to clips or the script edition cited here: Sam Shepard, True West, Samuel French, 1981, p. 47.

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