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Play
Age Guidance
Thirteen Plus (PG-13)
Genders
  • Female: 1
  • Male: 2
Style
Dramatic
Length
Short
Time Period
Contemporary
Time/Place
A hospital. Early 1930s.
Act/Scene
Act Two

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Start: Pem: These are the doctors. This is my husband. Doctor #1: It’s a streptococcal infection and we’re concerned it might spread to his lungs. We want to perform a preventive tracheotomy and we want to do it right now.

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End: Doctor #1: Mr. Farnsworth, Dr. Westbrook needs to begin preparing your son for surgery. You’ll need to stay out here. Philo: I can build one! Doctor #1: You’ll need to stay out here.

Citation: Aaron Sorkin, The Farnsworth Invention, Samuel French, 2009, pp. 79-81.

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