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Mary 1 plays the Virgin Mary in her small English village’s production of the Passion of Christ, but after an ill-advised dalliance with Pontius the Fish-Gutter, who plays Pontius Pilate, she has become pregnant. She is terrified of discovery, curious about but ultimately uncomfortable with abortion, and wants more than anything to keep her part in the play. In this scene, she confesses her secret to her friend Mary 2, who plays Mary Magdalen. Mary 2 nurses a secret love for Mary 1, but can
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Mary 2: How long?
Mary 1: Too long.
Mary 2: Big?
Mary 1: A little.
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Mary 2: I’d like to kill him.
Mary 1: I fear, Mary, sometimes I fear….
Mary 2: What is it?
Mary 1: I dream, night after night, that I give birth to a fish… a huge, ugly, dead fish with a gaping mouth.
Ruhl, Sarah. Passion Play. Samuel French, New York, NY. 2010. pp. 35-36.
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