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Show Type
Play
Age Guidance
Youth (Y)/General Audiences (G)
Genders
  • Female: 2
  • Male: 2
Style
Comedic
Length
Medium
Time Period
Contemporary
Time/Place
Brooklyn, Victorian House, 1940
Act/Scene
Act Two

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(Abby and Martha enter from the kitchen. Abby speaks as she enters.)

Abby: Have they gone *(Sees Jonathan and Einstein.) *Oh--we thought we heard somebody leave.

Jonathan: Just Mortimer, and he’ll be back in a few minutes. Is there any food left in the kitchen? I think Dr. Einstein and I would enjoy a bite.

[... … …]

End:

Einstein: No, Chonny. You got twelve and they got twelve. The old ladies are just as good as you are.

Jonathan: Oh, they are, are they? Well, that’s easily taken care of. All I need is one more, that’s all--just one more.

For the full extended scene, refer to Joseph Kesselring, Arsenic and Old Lace. Dramatists Play Service, 1969. pp. 66-68.

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