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Show
Character
Gender
Female
Playing Age
Young Adult, Adult
Style
Dramatic
Act/Scene
2
Time & Place
The Shotover household, Sussex, England. A September evening during WWI.
Length
Medium
Time Period
Contemporary
Show Type
Play
Age Guidance
Youth (Y)/General Audiences (G)
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ELLIE: (fiercely) Oh, don’t slop and gush and be sentimental. Don’t you see that unless I can be hard -- hard as nails -- I shall go mad? I don’t care a damn about your calling me names: do you think a woman in my situation can feel a few hard
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