Scene Overview

Note: We are not able to display the full text for this scene.

Show Type
Play
Age Guidance
Youth (Y)/General Audiences (G)
Genders
  • Female: 1
  • Male: 1
Style
Comedic
Length
Medium
Time Period
Contemporary
Time/Place
Brooklyn, Victorian House, 1940
Act/Scene
Act One

More Scenes

Context

Text

Note: We are not able to display the full text for this scene. However, to assist users who already have access to the script, starting and ending lines are presented below. Please visit our scenes database to find scenes that include text.

Start:

Elaine: (stepping to Mortimer, ready to be kissed) Well, can’t you take a hint?

Mortimer: (complaining) No … that was pretty obvious. A lack of inventiveness, I should say.

Elaine: (only slightly annoyed) Yes--that’s exactly what you’d say.

[... … …]

End:

Elaine: (runs into his arms) Darling! I’ll talk it over with Father and set the date.

Mortimer: No--we’ll have to see what in rehearsal. There’ll be a lot of other first nights in October.

For the full extended scene, refer to Joseph Kesselring, Arsenic and Old Lace. Dramatists Play Service, 1969. pp. 16-18.

Videos

Sorry! We do not currently have videos for this guide.

Links

Sorry, we currently do not have content for this section.

Related Products

Related Articles

Related Learning Modules

All scenes are the property and copyright of their owners.

Scenes are presented on StageAgent for educational purposes only. If you would like to give a public performance of this scene, please obtain authorization from the appropriate licensor.