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Natalie Herzen’s dear friend, Natasha, has fallen in love with Nicholas Ogarev, another friend of the Herzens. Unfortunately, Ogarev is still married. His estranged wife, Maria, has been living in Paris for years. After receiving word of Natasha and Ogarev’s engagement, Natalie visits Maria at her studio to petition her to grant Ogarev a divorce. The Herzens and Maria used to be dear friends back in Russia, but since her move to Paris, Maria has grown cold and considers her past life with
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Maria But I’ve already written to Ogarev… I told him I have no intention of marrying again, and so had no need of a divorce. Natalie No... The need is Nick’s. Maria Exactly. Mine is to protect my position as his wife.
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Natalie We can’t all be artists, of course, so the rest of us do the best we can at what’s our consolation, we fall short at love. (Beat.) I know what it is. He’s got your tits too high and your arse too small.
For full extended scene, please see the edition cited here: Stoppard, Tom. The Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck. Act 2, “April 1849.” 2002.
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