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Start: You don’t get it, do you? Put it...

Lisa Morrison

Collected Stories

Donald Margulies

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Gender
Female
Playing Age
Adult
Style
Dramatic
Act/Scene
Act 1 Scene 2
Time & Place
Ruth’s apartment in New York City. 1991.
Length
Long
Time Period
Contemporary
Show Type
Play
Age Guidance
Thirteen Plus (PG-13)

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Start: You don’t get it, do you? Put it away. Please. (Ruth does. A beat. Avoids eye contact) You know? All I want . . . (Takes a deep breath) I want so much to please you.

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End: I’m sorry I touched your things. I thought you would appreciate it; I’m sorry. (Still not looking at her, she starts to head for the door) If you’re hungry, there’s dinner in the fridge.

For full monologue please see Margulies, Donald, Collected Stories, Theatre Communications Group, 1998, pp. 29-30.

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