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Sabina, a seductive and scheming beauty queen, invites Mr. Antrobus, an inventor and patriarch of the Antrobus family, to her beach cabana so that he may rest before his TV appearance. Sabina is looking to seduce Mr. Antrobus and pull him away from his wife. Suddenly, Miss Somerset, the actor portraying Sabina, announces to the audience that she doesn't want to continue with the next scene. Mr. Antrobus and Mr. Fitzpatrick, the stage manager, insist that Ms. Somerset continues with all of her
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SABINA: Now you come along and just stretch out in my cabana. No, I shan’t say a word, not a word. I shall just sit there, - privileged. (She stops halfway down the ramp) That’s what I am.
ANTROBUS: (Taking her arms for an embrace) Miss Fairweather - you’ll - spoil me.
SABINA: Just a moment. I have something I wish to say to the audience.
[... … …]
SABINA: What’s life anyway? Except for two things, pleasure and power, what is life? Boredom! Foolishness! You know it is. Except for those two things, life’s nau-se-ating. So, - come here!
(They embrace - long kiss)
Widler, Thornton, The Skin of Our Teeth, 1942, Concord Theatricals, pp.75-78.
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