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Three Tall Women

Edward Albee

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Character
Gender
Female
Playing Age
Elderly
Style
Dramatic
Act/Scene
Act 1
Time & Place
A grand bedroom
Length
Medium
Time Period
Contemporary
Show Type
Play
Age Guidance
Thirteen Plus (PG-13)

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Start: Oh...well, there I was, and I had my big powder puff, and I was powdering myself, and I was paying attention to that. I knew he was there, but I wasn’t paying attention. I have something for you, he said.

[... …]

End: And he stood there for...well, I don’t know...and his pee-pee got ...well, it started to go soft, and the bracelet slid off, and it fell into my lap. I was naked; deep into my lap. Keep it, he said, and he turned and walked out of my dressing room.

For full extended monologue, please refer to clips or the script edition cited here: Edward Albee, “Three Tall Women” in The Collected Plays of Edward Albee Vol. 3, Overlook Duckworth, 2008, p.347.

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