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Matt’s relationship with his mother, Bette, has always been haunted
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START: Bette: Skippy, are you there? Skippy?
(Enter Matt)
Matt: Yes.
Bette: Would you move this for me? (Indicates dead baby on the floor. He gingerly places it offstage.) Your father’s gone away. All the babies are dead. You’re the only thing of value left in my life, Skippy.
[... ... ...]
END: Matt: All right. (Bette starts to leave.)
Bette: (Suddenly tearful) I don’t want to call you Matt.
Matt: That’s all right. It’s fine. I’ll be in to read to you in a minute, okay?
Bette: Okay. (Bette exits)
Durang, Christopher, The Marriage of Bette and Boo, Dramatists Play Service, 1985, p. 56-57.
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