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On Golden Pond

Start: Here we go again. You had a miser...

Ethel Thayer

On Golden Pond
Ernest Thompson

Overview

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Show
On Golden Pond
Character
Ethel Thayer
Gender
Female
Playing Age
Mature Adult
Style
Dramatic
Act/Scene
Act Two, Scene One
Time & Place
A summer cottage, Golden Pond, Maine, early morning
Length
Short
Time Period
Contemporary
Show Type
Play
Age Guidance
Youth (Y)/General Audiences (G)

Context

Text

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Start: Here we go again. You had a miserable childhood. Your father was overbearing, your mother ignored you. What else is new?

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End: Life marches by, Chelsea, I suggest you get on with it. You’re such a nice person. Can’t you think of something nice to say?

For full extended monologue, please refer to clips or the script edition cited here: Thompson, Ernest. On Golden Pond. Dramatists Play Service, New York, NY. 1979. p. 59.

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