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Age Guidance
Mature Audiences (M)
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  • Female: 3
  • Male: 0
Style
Dramatic
Length
Short
Time Period
Contemporary
Time/Place
Eternity in the afterlife
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Act 1

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PRINCESS DIANA

(Voice raises slightly) Don’t let appearance fool you. Don’t judge a book by its cover I was dying inside. I thought I wanted this life, too. But be careful what you wish for. The palace was a prison and I got little of any love and understanding. It wrecked my self-esteem

MARY

Me, too. My marriage did a number on my self-esteem as well. I wasted my life looking for permanent love. I couldn’t accept adversity or negative change. Who can? I had a nice neat version of how life was supposed to be. I feel I was asleep in ways, waiting for someone to give me permission to live. Like a coloring book character waiting to be colored in. I remained like a piece of furniture not wanting to soil or be soiled. In my frenzy to be perfect, well….

MOTHER TERESA

(Her arms and hands are in a praying position) God forgives us and understands. He knows what’s in our hearts. He doesn’t ask for our success. Only our efforts, dear Mary and Diana…

PRINCESS DIANA

(Wistfully) Perhaps I was a bit paranoid at times and that contributed to my physical ailments and everything else.

MARY

I was paranoid too, now looking back, though I fought my family tooth and nail that I was not. I felt condemned.

PRINCESS DIANA

I did, too!

MARY

Very little in my life supported a feeling of security and well-being, especially when raising kids and then later on in life when I was left to shift for myself on my own.

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