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Donald arrives at his old friend, long-term lover, Michael’s, apartment to help set up for a birthday party Michael will be hosting later that evening. Donald’s recently moved from Manhattan to Long Island in order to focus on his therapy and get away from his New York City lifestyle; Michael’s finally giving up drinking, sobering up to avoid any more hangover anxiety and regrets. As the two men catch up and banter, they are surprised by a phone call from Michael’s college friend.
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START: Michael: Donald! You’re about a day and a half early!
Donald: (Enters) The doctor canceled!
Michael: Canceled! How’d you get inside:
Donald: The street door was open.
Michael: You wanna drink?
Donald: (Going to bedroom to deposit his bag) Not until I’ve had my shower. I want something to work out today--I want to try to relax and enjoy something.
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END: Michael: Instead, you hang on till cocktail time, and by then you’re ready for what the night holds--which hopefully is another party, where the whole goddamn cycle starts over! (A beat) Well, I’ve been on that merry-go-round long enough and I either had to get off or die of centrifugal force.
Donald: And just how does a clear head stack up with the dull fog of alcohol?
Michael: Well, all those things you’ve always heard are true. Nothing can compare with the experiences of one’s faculties functioning at their maximum natural capacity. The only thing is . . . I’d kill for a drink.
Crowley, Mart, The Boys in the Band, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1968, pp. 7-24.
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