The zoo story. The death of Bessie Smith. The sandbox. The American dream |
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... marry you . Yeah · • NURSE sure you have offered to marry me . The United States is chuck - full of girls who have heard that great promise I will marry you . . . I will marry you . . . IF ! If ! The great promise with its great ...
... marry you . Yeah · • NURSE sure you have offered to marry me . The United States is chuck - full of girls who have heard that great promise I will marry you . . . I will marry you . . . IF ! If ! The great promise with its great ...
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... married you . And aren't you lucky all I brought with me was Grandma . A lot of women I know would have brought their whole families to live off you . All I brought was Grandma . Grandma is all the family I have . I feel very fortunate ...
... married you . And aren't you lucky all I brought with me was Grandma . A lot of women I know would have brought their whole families to live off you . All I brought was Grandma . Grandma is all the family I have . I feel very fortunate ...
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... married . He's really a stickler on that point ; he can't be introduced to anybody and say hello without adding , “ Of course , I'm married . " As far as I'm concerned , he's the chief exponent of Woman Love in this whole country ; he's ...
... married . He's really a stickler on that point ; he can't be introduced to anybody and say hello without adding , “ Of course , I'm married . " As far as I'm concerned , he's the chief exponent of Woman Love in this whole country ; he's ...
Common terms and phrases
American Dream BARKER GRANDMA BARKER MOMMY BARKER Oh beige bench BERNIE Bessie Smith better boxes bumble calisthenics Cord automobile DADDY Grandma DADDY MOMMY DADDY Yes damn David Diamond dear door EDWARD ALBEE exits face FATHER NURSE feel Francisco Franco Giggles goddam gotta GRANDMA MOMMY GRANDMA Oh GRANDMA YOUNG hamburger hear hello honey hospital hunh JACK JERRY PETER lady Laughs listen look Lordy ma'am married mayor mean mind MOMMY and DADDY MOMMY DADDY MOMMY GRANDMA MOMMY Oh move Music MUSICIAN nice nigger NURSE INTERN NURSE Oh ORDERLY NURSE parakeets pause Pekinese PETER JERRY PETER Oh sandbox sauterne SCENE SECOND NURSE shakes his head sick smile sorry stage stage-left stop suppose sure talk tell there's things told Unh-hunh wait watch What's woman Yeah Yoo-hoo YOUNG MAN GRANDMA YOUNG MAN Oh Zoo Story