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Play
Age Guidance
Youth (Y)/General Audiences (G)
Genders
  • Female: 1
  • Male: 1
Style
Dramatic
Length
Long
Time Period
Contemporary
Time/Place
Harvard University, 1900s
Act/Scene
Act One, Scene Two

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Start: Henrietta: Excuse me, is this the Observatory office?

Peter: Oh - yes - Hello. You must be my ten o’clock, Miss Leavitt. You are Miss Leavitt? Henrietta: I am. Henrietta Leavitt and I’m thrilled to -

[... … …]

End: Peter: Other than doing the work you’ve been hired to do?

Henrietta: Other than, pardon me, do your math. Now when may I use the telescope?

Peter: (Flustered, not dismissive.) Well. You can’t. (Henrietta is too shocked to answer. Annie clears her throat.)

Gunderson, Lauren. Silent Sky. Dramatists Play Service, Inc. 2015. pp. 13-17.

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