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Adrian, an American writer, has come to visit old friends, Marcus and Sigmund, in their home country in Eastern Europe. He has heard rumors that Marcus, is now working as an informant for the government and that his ceiling is bugged. When Sigmund confides that the manuscript of his latest book has been confiscated by the police, Adrian urges him to talk carefully. He uses sign language to alert Sigmund to the ceiling. In a series of broken sentences and deliberate gestures, the two men address
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START: SIGMUND: The police have confiscated my manuscript.
ADRIAN: (his hand flies out to grip Sigmund’s shoulder) No! Oh Jesus--when?
SIGMUND: Now. Tonight.
ADRIAN: (glancing quickly around) He had a record player…
SIGMUND: (a contemptuous wave toward the ceiling) No--I don’t care.
[... …]
END: ADRIAN: We can talk about it later. I’m going to ask you why. I don’t understand the point anymore. Not after this.
SIGMUND: You would also if it was your country.
ADRIAN: I doubt it. I would protect my talent. I saw a movie once where they bricked up a man in a wall.
For full extended monologue, please refer to clips or the script edition cited here: Arthur Miller, ‘The Archbishop’s Ceiling’ in Miller Plays: Three, Methuen Drama, 1990, pp.114-117.
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