Overview
Character
Gender
Female
Playing Age
Young Adult
Style
Dramatic
Act/Scene
2
Time & Place
The grand drawing room of the conservative Gower household in London during the 1860s.
Length
Short
Time Period
Classical
Show Type
Play
Age Guidance
Youth (Y)/General Audiences (G)
Context
Rose Trelawny, a spirited and celebrated young
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Oh, I’m very sorry, Arthur. (To Sir William) Indeed, I am very sorry, Sir William. But you are right—gypsies—gypsies! (To Arthur) Yes, Arthur, if you were a gypsy, as I am, as these friends o’mine are, we might be happy together. But I’ve seen enough of your life, my dear boy, to know that I’m no wife for you. I should only be wretched, and would make you wretched; and the end, when it arrived, as it very soon would, would be much as it is tonight—!
Pinero, Arthur Wing, Trelawny of the Wells, R.H. Russell, 1899, pp. 107.
Performance Tips
- Avoid playing the scene with pure anger;
Emotional Beat Breakdown
1. Defending the Tribe
- What shifts: A
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