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Olivia Childs, 81, a famous artist dying of cancer, and Pony Blossom, her 9-year-old great-niece, are in Olivia’s bedroom, getting to know each other, They compare ages, favorite animals and colors, exchange accessories, and generally find that in some important ways, they relate to each other better than the rest of their family. After a spell in which she has difficulty breathing, Olivia drifts away for a moment, while Pony discusses her deep and visceral fear of death. When Olivia wakes, she
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Start: Olivia: There, this is more like it. Sit down, sit down. Pony pulls up a chair next to her and sits.
Olivia (casually plucks an orchid out of her vase and starts eating it): Mmmmm… Would you like to try one?
End: Olivia: It was there that he taught me how to live on orchids and read the stars… Zanzibar, say it!
Pony: Zanzibar! Hey, let’s play Geography!
Howe, Tina. Approaching Zanzibar and other plays. Theatre Communications Group, New York, NY, 1995, pp. 70-75.
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