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The Duchess of Hapsburg is a persona of Sarah--a fantastic image of whiteness that Sarah wishes she could be. She is in her boyfriend Raymond’s apartment, and telling him about her father and how he is coming from Africa. She explains that he was a Christian missionary, and that he raped her mother. However, in other parts of the show, she states that he hanged himself in a hotel or that she herself killed him. For this reason, Raymond is largely uninterested in her story, and is instead
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Start: Funnyman: He is arriving from Africa, is he not? Duchess: Yes, yes, he is arriving from Africa.
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End: Duchess: She is in the asylum. In the asylum bald. Her father was a white man. And she is in the asylum.
Kennedy, Adrienne. “Funnyhouse of a Negro.” Adrienne Kennedy in One Act. University of Minnesota Press, 1988, pp. 8-11.
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