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All’s Well That Ends Well (Helena)

Category: Play Role: Helena From: All's Well That Ends Well

Helena says

That you may well perceive I have not wrong’d you,
One of the greatest in the Christian world
Shall be my surety; ‘fore whose throne ’tis needful,
Ere I can perfect mine intents, to kneel:
Time was, I did him a desired office,
Dear almost as his life; which gratitude
Through flinty Tartar’s bosom would peep forth,
And answer, thanks: I duly am inform’d
His grace is at Marseilles; to which place
We have convenient convoy. You must know
I am supposed dead: the army breaking,
My husband hies him home; where, heaven aiding,
And the leave of my good lord the king,
We’ll be before our welcome.

All’s Well That Ends Well (King)

Category: Play Role: King From: All's Well That Ends Well

King says

I would I had that corporal soundness now,
As when thy father and myself in friendship
First tried our soldiership! He did look far
Into the service of the time and was
Discipled of the bravest: he lasted long;
But on us both did haggish age steal on
And wore us out of act. It much repairs me
To talk of your good father. In his youth
He had the wit which I can well observe
To-day in our young lords; but they may jest
Till their own scorn return to them unnoted
Ere they can hide their levity in honour;
So like a courtier, contempt nor bitterness
Were in his pride or sharpness; if they were,
His equal had awaked them, and his honour,
Clock to itself, knew the true minute when
Exception bid him speak, and at this time
His tongue obey’d his hand: who were below him
He used as creatures of another place
And bow’d his eminent top to their low ranks,
Making them proud of his humility,
In their poor praise he humbled. Such a man
Might be a copy to these younger times;
Which, follow’d well, would demonstrate them now
But goers backward.

All’s Well That Ends Well (King)

Category: Play Role: King From: All's Well That Ends Well

King says

‘Tis only title thou disdain’st in her, the which
I can build up. Strange is it that our bloods,
Of colour, weight, and heat, pour’d all together,
Would quite confound distinction, yet stand off
In differences so mighty. If she be
All that is virtuous, save what thou dislikest,
A poor physician’s daughter, thou dislikest
Of virtue for the name: but do not so:
From lowest place when virtuous things proceed,
The place is dignified the doer’s deed:
Where great additions swell’s, and virtue none,
It is a dropsied honour. Good alone
Is good without a name. Vileness is so:
The property what it is should go,
Not the title. She is young, wise, fair;
In these to nature she’s immediate heir,
And these breed honour: that is honour’s scorn,
Which challenges itself as honour’s born
And is not like the sire: honours thrive,
When rather from our acts we them derive
Than our foregoers: the mere word’s a slave
Debosh’d on every tomb, on every grave
A lying trophy, and as oft is dumb
Where dust and damn’d oblivion is the tomb
Of honour’d bones indeed. What should be said?
If thou canst like this creature as a maid,
I can create the rest: virtue and she
Is her own dower; honour and wealth from me.

All’s Well That Ends Well (Parolles)

Category: Play Role: Parolles From: All's Well That Ends Well

Parolles says

Virginity being blown down, man will quicklier be
blown up: marry, in blowing him down again, with
the breach yourselves made, you lose your city. It
is not politic in the commonwealth of nature to
preserve virginity. Loss of virginity is rational
increase and there was never virgin got till
virginity was first lost. That you were made of is
metal to make virgins. Virginity being once lost
may be ten times found; being ever kept, it is
ever lost: ’tis too cold a companion; away with ‘t!

Almost, Maine (Hope)

Category: Play Role: Hope From: Almost

A woman, HOPE, arrives to make amends with a man she hurt deeply years ago.WOMAN: (Fast and furious -so absorbed by what she has to say and by what she has come to do that she really doesn”t take in/look at the man she”s talking to.) I know this isn”t going to be very easy, but I was just out there all alone in the world, and I got so scared, because all I could think about was how I had no place in this world, but, then, I just -outta nowhere -realized that there was one place in this world that I did have, and that was with you, so I flew, and I took a taxi to get to you., I just had to come see you., Thank God you”re [here] -…The woman finally really looks at the man.The man is not who she thought he”d be.But the man knows the woman.Oh [I”m sorry] -… Wait -[you”re not who I thought you”d be] -…I”m sorry! You”re not [who I thought you”d be] -… I”m [sorry] -…A little beat as the woman checks to make sure she”s at the right place -and recovers from an unexpected turn of events.This is the house… I”m so sorry!… Does Daniel Harding live here?, I”m looking for Daniel Harding. He lives here. I thought. But… (Off the man”s confused state, the woman realizes that Daniel Harding doesn”t live there anymore.) …Ooooh…he doesn”t, does he? Oooh, I am so sorry!report this adThe woman gathers her bags, preparing to leave -and trying to make light.I am so embarrassed! “Who is this woman and what is she doing here?”The woman laughs.The man doesn”t.I just honestly thought he”d be here. I always thought he”d be here. Always.The woman is at a loss, but wonders if maybe this man can help her.Do you know him? Big guy, big tall guy. Played basketball, All-Maine, center? Strong. Do you know him?, Played hockey, too? Oh, don”t even answer that. That was [a horrible thing to ask] -. I know that”s a horrible question to ask a person who lives in a small town, as if everybody in small towns knows everybody else., Argh!, I can”t believe I asked that. I don”t live here anymore, but when I did, I hated it when people assumed I knew everybody in town just because it was small. It was worse than when they”d ask if we had plumbing “way up there,” “cause, you know, people in small towns really don”t know each other any better than they do in big towns, you know that? I mean, you know who you know, and you don”t know who you don”t know, just like anywhere else.Little beat.I”m so sorry to have bothered you. I was just so sure [I”d find him here] -. When his parents passed away, he kept the house, I heard. He lived here. He stayed here, I thought. He was one of the ones who stayed.Little beat.I didn”t stay. I went away. And I guess he did too.For more info, visit: Almost, MaineRelatedShareTweetPin

WOMAN: (Fast and furious -so absorbed by what she has to say and by what she has come to do that she really doesn”t take in/look at the man she”s talking to.) I know this isn”t going to be very easy, but I was just out there all alone in the world, and I got so scared, because all I could think about was how I had no place in this world, but, then, I just -outta nowhere -realized that there was one place in this world that I did have, and that was with you, so I flew, and I took a taxi to get to you., I just had to come see you., Thank God you”re [here] -…The woman finally really looks at the man.The man is not who she thought he”d be.But the man knows the woman.Oh [I”m sorry] -… Wait -[you”re not who I thought you”d be] -…I”m sorry! You”re not [who I thought you”d be] -… I”m [sorry] -…A little beat as the woman checks to make sure she”s at the right place -and recovers from an unexpected turn of events.This is the house… I”m so sorry!… Does Daniel Harding live here?, I”m looking for Daniel Harding. He lives here. I thought. But… (Off the man”s confused state, the woman realizes that Daniel Harding doesn”t live there anymore.) …Ooooh…he doesn”t, does he? Oooh, I am so sorry!report this adThe woman gathers her bags, preparing to leave -and trying to make light.I am so embarrassed! “Who is this woman and what is she doing here?”The woman laughs.The man doesn”t.I just honestly thought he”d be here. I always thought he”d be here. Always.The woman is at a loss, but wonders if maybe this man can help her.Do you know him? Big guy, big tall guy. Played basketball, All-Maine, center? Strong. Do you know him?, Played hockey, too? Oh, don”t even answer that. That was [a horrible thing to ask] -. I know that”s a horrible question to ask a person who lives in a small town, as if everybody in small towns knows everybody else., Argh!, I can”t believe I asked that. I don”t live here anymore, but when I did, I hated it when people assumed I knew everybody in town just because it was small. It was worse than when they”d ask if we had plumbing “way up there,” “cause, you know, people in small towns really don”t know each other any better than they do in big towns, you know that? I mean, you know who you know, and you don”t know who you don”t know, just like anywhere else.Little beat.I”m so sorry to have bothered you. I was just so sure [I”d find him here] -. When his parents passed away, he kept the house, I heard. He lived here. He stayed here, I thought. He was one of the ones who stayed.Little beat.I didn”t stay. I went away. And I guess he did too.For more info, visit: Almost, MaineRelatedShareTweetPin

The woman finally really looks at the man.The man is not who she thought he”d be.But the man knows the woman.Oh [I”m sorry] -… Wait -[you”re not who I thought you”d be] -…I”m sorry! You”re not [who I thought you”d be] -… I”m [sorry] -…A little beat as the woman checks to make sure she”s at the right place -and recovers from an unexpected turn of events.This is the house… I”m so sorry!… Does Daniel Harding live here?, I”m looking for Daniel Harding. He lives here. I thought. But… (Off the man”s confused state, the woman realizes that Daniel Harding doesn”t live there anymore.) …Ooooh…he doesn”t, does he? Oooh, I am so sorry!report this adThe woman gathers her bags, preparing to leave -and trying to make light.I am so embarrassed! “Who is this woman and what is she doing here?”The woman laughs.The man doesn”t.I just honestly thought he”d be here. I always thought he”d be here. Always.The woman is at a loss, but wonders if maybe this man can help her.Do you know him? Big guy, big tall guy. Played basketball, All-Maine, center? Strong. Do you know him?, Played hockey, too? Oh, don”t even answer that. That was [a horrible thing to ask] -. I know that”s a horrible question to ask a person who lives in a small town, as if everybody in small towns knows everybody else., Argh!, I can”t believe I asked that. I don”t live here anymore, but when I did, I hated it when people assumed I knew everybody in town just because it was small. It was worse than when they”d ask if we had plumbing “way up there,” “cause, you know, people in small towns really don”t know each other any better than they do in big towns, you know that? I mean, you know who you know, and you don”t know who you don”t know, just like anywhere else.Little beat.I”m so sorry to have bothered you. I was just so sure [I”d find him here] -. When his parents passed away, he kept the house, I heard. He lived here. He stayed here, I thought. He was one of the ones who stayed.Little beat.I didn”t stay. I went away. And I guess he did too.For more info, visit: Almost, MaineRelatedShareTweetPin

The man is not who she thought he”d be.But the man knows the woman.Oh [I”m sorry] -… Wait -[you”re not who I thought you”d be] -…I”m sorry! You”re not [who I thought you”d be] -… I”m [sorry] -…A little beat as the woman checks to make sure she”s at the right place -and recovers from an unexpected turn of events.This is the house… I”m so sorry!… Does Daniel Harding live here?, I”m looking for Daniel Harding. He lives here. I thought. But… (Off the man”s confused state, the woman realizes that Daniel Harding doesn”t live there anymore.) …Ooooh…he doesn”t, does he? Oooh, I am so sorry!report this adThe woman gathers her bags, preparing to leave -and trying to make light.I am so embarrassed! “Who is this woman and what is she doing here?”The woman laughs.The man doesn”t.I just honestly thought he”d be here. I always thought he”d be here. Always.The woman is at a loss, but wonders if maybe this man can help her.Do you know him? Big guy, big tall guy. Played basketball, All-Maine, center? Strong. Do you know him?, Played hockey, too? Oh, don”t even answer that. That was [a horrible thing to ask] -. I know that”s a horrible question to ask a person who lives in a small town, as if everybody in small towns knows everybody else., Argh!, I can”t believe I asked that. I don”t live here anymore, but when I did, I hated it when people assumed I knew everybody in town just because it was small. It was worse than when they”d ask if we had plumbing “way up there,” “cause, you know, people in small towns really don”t know each other any better than they do in big towns, you know that? I mean, you know who you know, and you don”t know who you don”t know, just like anywhere else.Little beat.I”m so sorry to have bothered you. I was just so sure [I”d find him here] -. When his parents passed away, he kept the house, I heard. He lived here. He stayed here, I thought. He was one of the ones who stayed.Little beat.I didn”t stay. I went away. And I guess he did too.For more info, visit: Almost, MaineRelatedShareTweetPin

But the man knows the woman.Oh [I”m sorry] -… Wait -[you”re not who I thought you”d be] -…I”m sorry! You”re not [who I thought you”d be] -… I”m [sorry] -…A little beat as the woman checks to make sure she”s at the right place -and recovers from an unexpected turn of events.This is the house… I”m so sorry!… Does Daniel Harding live here?, I”m looking for Daniel Harding. He lives here. I thought. But… (Off the man”s confused state, the woman realizes that Daniel Harding doesn”t live there anymore.) …Ooooh…he doesn”t, does he? Oooh, I am so sorry!report this adThe woman gathers her bags, preparing to leave -and trying to make light.I am so embarrassed! “Who is this woman and what is she doing here?”The woman laughs.The man doesn”t.I just honestly thought he”d be here. I always thought he”d be here. Always.The woman is at a loss, but wonders if maybe this man can help her.Do you know him? Big guy, big tall guy. Played basketball, All-Maine, center? Strong. Do you know him?, Played hockey, too? Oh, don”t even answer that. That was [a horrible thing to ask] -. I know that”s a horrible question to ask a person who lives in a small town, as if everybody in small towns knows everybody else., Argh!, I can”t believe I asked that. I don”t live here anymore, but when I did, I hated it when people assumed I knew everybody in town just because it was small. It was worse than when they”d ask if we had plumbing “way up there,” “cause, you know, people in small towns really don”t know each other any better than they do in big towns, you know that? I mean, you know who you know, and you don”t know who you don”t know, just like anywhere else.Little beat.I”m so sorry to have bothered you. I was just so sure [I”d find him here] -. When his parents passed away, he kept the house, I heard. He lived here. He stayed here, I thought. He was one of the ones who stayed.Little beat.I didn”t stay. I went away. And I guess he did too.For more info, visit: Almost, MaineRelatedShareTweetPin

Oh [I”m sorry] -… Wait -[you”re not who I thought you”d be] -…I”m sorry! You”re not [who I thought you”d be] -… I”m [sorry] -…A little beat as the woman checks to make sure she”s at the right place -and recovers from an unexpected turn of events.This is the house… I”m so sorry!… Does Daniel Harding live here?, I”m looking for Daniel Harding. He lives here. I thought. But… (Off the man”s confused state, the woman realizes that Daniel Harding doesn”t live there anymore.) …Ooooh…he doesn”t, does he? Oooh, I am so sorry!report this adThe woman gathers her bags, preparing to leave -and trying to make light.I am so embarrassed! “Who is this woman and what is she doing here?”The woman laughs.The man doesn”t.I just honestly thought he”d be here. I always thought he”d be here. Always.The woman is at a loss, but wonders if maybe this man can help her.Do you know him? Big guy, big tall guy. Played basketball, All-Maine, center? Strong. Do you know him?, Played hockey, too? Oh, don”t even answer that. That was [a horrible thing to ask] -. I know that”s a horrible question to ask a person who lives in a small town, as if everybody in small towns knows everybody else., Argh!, I can”t believe I asked that. I don”t live here anymore, but when I did, I hated it when people assumed I knew everybody in town just because it was small. It was worse than when they”d ask if we had plumbing “way up there,” “cause, you know, people in small towns really don”t know each other any better than they do in big towns, you know that? I mean, you know who you know, and you don”t know who you don”t know, just like anywhere else.Little beat.I”m so sorry to have bothered you. I was just so sure [I”d find him here] -. When his parents passed away, he kept the house, I heard. He lived here. He stayed here, I thought. He was one of the ones who stayed.Little beat.I didn”t stay. I went away. And I guess he did too.For more info, visit: Almost, MaineRelatedShareTweetPin

A little beat as the woman checks to make sure she”s at the right place -and recovers from an unexpected turn of events.This is the house… I”m so sorry!… Does Daniel Harding live here?, I”m looking for Daniel Harding. He lives here. I thought. But… (Off the man”s confused state, the woman realizes that Daniel Harding doesn”t live there anymore.) …Ooooh…he doesn”t, does he? Oooh, I am so sorry!report this adThe woman gathers her bags, preparing to leave -and trying to make light.I am so embarrassed! “Who is this woman and what is she doing here?”The woman laughs.The man doesn”t.I just honestly thought he”d be here. I always thought he”d be here. Always.The woman is at a loss, but wonders if maybe this man can help her.Do you know him? Big guy, big tall guy. Played basketball, All-Maine, center? Strong. Do you know him?, Played hockey, too? Oh, don”t even answer that. That was [a horrible thing to ask] -. I know that”s a horrible question to ask a person who lives in a small town, as if everybody in small towns knows everybody else., Argh!, I can”t believe I asked that. I don”t live here anymore, but when I did, I hated it when people assumed I knew everybody in town just because it was small. It was worse than when they”d ask if we had plumbing “way up there,” “cause, you know, people in small towns really don”t know each other any better than they do in big towns, you know that? I mean, you know who you know, and you don”t know who you don”t know, just like anywhere else.Little beat.I”m so sorry to have bothered you. I was just so sure [I”d find him here] -. When his parents passed away, he kept the house, I heard. He lived here. He stayed here, I thought. He was one of the ones who stayed.Little beat.I didn”t stay. I went away. And I guess he did too.For more info, visit: Almost, MaineRelatedShareTweetPin

This is the house… I”m so sorry!… Does Daniel Harding live here?, I”m looking for Daniel Harding. He lives here. I thought. But… (Off the man”s confused state, the woman realizes that Daniel Harding doesn”t live there anymore.) …Ooooh…he doesn”t, does he? Oooh, I am so sorry!report this adThe woman gathers her bags, preparing to leave -and trying to make light.I am so embarrassed! “Who is this woman and what is she doing here?”The woman laughs.The man doesn”t.I just honestly thought he”d be here. I always thought he”d be here. Always.The woman is at a loss, but wonders if maybe this man can help her.Do you know him? Big guy, big tall guy. Played basketball, All-Maine, center? Strong. Do you know him?, Played hockey, too? Oh, don”t even answer that. That was [a horrible thing to ask] -. I know that”s a horrible question to ask a person who lives in a small town, as if everybody in small towns knows everybody else., Argh!, I can”t believe I asked that. I don”t live here anymore, but when I did, I hated it when people assumed I knew everybody in town just because it was small. It was worse than when they”d ask if we had plumbing “way up there,” “cause, you know, people in small towns really don”t know each other any better than they do in big towns, you know that? I mean, you know who you know, and you don”t know who you don”t know, just like anywhere else.Little beat.I”m so sorry to have bothered you. I was just so sure [I”d find him here] -. When his parents passed away, he kept the house, I heard. He lived here. He stayed here, I thought. He was one of the ones who stayed.Little beat.I didn”t stay. I went away. And I guess he did too.For more info, visit: Almost, MaineRelatedShareTweetPin

The woman gathers her bags, preparing to leave -and trying to make light.I am so embarrassed! “Who is this woman and what is she doing here?”The woman laughs.The man doesn”t.I just honestly thought he”d be here. I always thought he”d be here. Always.The woman is at a loss, but wonders if maybe this man can help her.Do you know him? Big guy, big tall guy. Played basketball, All-Maine, center? Strong. Do you know him?, Played hockey, too? Oh, don”t even answer that. That was [a horrible thing to ask] -. I know that”s a horrible question to ask a person who lives in a small town, as if everybody in small towns knows everybody else., Argh!, I can”t believe I asked that. I don”t live here anymore, but when I did, I hated it when people assumed I knew everybody in town just because it was small. It was worse than when they”d ask if we had plumbing “way up there,” “cause, you know, people in small towns really don”t know each other any better than they do in big towns, you know that? I mean, you know who you know, and you don”t know who you don”t know, just like anywhere else.Little beat.I”m so sorry to have bothered you. I was just so sure [I”d find him here] -. When his parents passed away, he kept the house, I heard. He lived here. He stayed here, I thought. He was one of the ones who stayed.Little beat.I didn”t stay. I went away. And I guess he did too.For more info, visit: Almost, MaineRelatedShareTweetPin

I am so embarrassed! “Who is this woman and what is she doing here?”The woman laughs.The man doesn”t.I just honestly thought he”d be here. I always thought he”d be here. Always.The woman is at a loss, but wonders if maybe this man can help her.Do you know him? Big guy, big tall guy. Played basketball, All-Maine, center? Strong. Do you know him?, Played hockey, too? Oh, don”t even answer that. That was [a horrible thing to ask] -. I know that”s a horrible question to ask a person who lives in a small town, as if everybody in small towns knows everybody else., Argh!, I can”t believe I asked that. I don”t live here anymore, but when I did, I hated it when people assumed I knew everybody in town just because it was small. It was worse than when they”d ask if we had plumbing “way up there,” “cause, you know, people in small towns really don”t know each other any better than they do in big towns, you know that? I mean, you know who you know, and you don”t know who you don”t know, just like anywhere else.Little beat.I”m so sorry to have bothered you. I was just so sure [I”d find him here] -. When his parents passed away, he kept the house, I heard. He lived here. He stayed here, I thought. He was one of the ones who stayed.Little beat.I didn”t stay. I went away. And I guess he did too.For more info, visit: Almost, MaineRelatedShareTweetPin

The woman laughs.The man doesn”t.I just honestly thought he”d be here. I always thought he”d be here. Always.The woman is at a loss, but wonders if maybe this man can help her.Do you know him? Big guy, big tall guy. Played basketball, All-Maine, center? Strong. Do you know him?, Played hockey, too? Oh, don”t even answer that. That was [a horrible thing to ask] -. I know that”s a horrible question to ask a person who lives in a small town, as if everybody in small towns knows everybody else., Argh!, I can”t believe I asked that. I don”t live here anymore, but when I did, I hated it when people assumed I knew everybody in town just because it was small. It was worse than when they”d ask if we had plumbing “way up there,” “cause, you know, people in small towns really don”t know each other any better than they do in big towns, you know that? I mean, you know who you know, and you don”t know who you don”t know, just like anywhere else.Little beat.I”m so sorry to have bothered you. I was just so sure [I”d find him here] -. When his parents passed away, he kept the house, I heard. He lived here. He stayed here, I thought. He was one of the ones who stayed.Little beat.I didn”t stay. I went away. And I guess he did too.For more info, visit: Almost, MaineRelatedShareTweetPin

The man doesn”t.I just honestly thought he”d be here. I always thought he”d be here. Always.The woman is at a loss, but wonders if maybe this man can help her.Do you know him? Big guy, big tall guy. Played basketball, All-Maine, center? Strong. Do you know him?, Played hockey, too? Oh, don”t even answer that. That was [a horrible thing to ask] -. I know that”s a horrible question to ask a person who lives in a small town, as if everybody in small towns knows everybody else., Argh!, I can”t believe I asked that. I don”t live here anymore, but when I did, I hated it when people assumed I knew everybody in town just because it was small. It was worse than when they”d ask if we had plumbing “way up there,” “cause, you know, people in small towns really don”t know each other any better than they do in big towns, you know that? I mean, you know who you know, and you don”t know who you don”t know, just like anywhere else.Little beat.I”m so sorry to have bothered you. I was just so sure [I”d find him here] -. When his parents passed away, he kept the house, I heard. He lived here. He stayed here, I thought. He was one of the ones who stayed.Little beat.I didn”t stay. I went away. And I guess he did too.For more info, visit: Almost, MaineRelatedShareTweetPin

I just honestly thought he”d be here. I always thought he”d be here. Always.The woman is at a loss, but wonders if maybe this man can help her.Do you know him? Big guy, big tall guy. Played basketball, All-Maine, center? Strong. Do you know him?, Played hockey, too? Oh, don”t even answer that. That was [a horrible thing to ask] -. I know that”s a horrible question to ask a person who lives in a small town, as if everybody in small towns knows everybody else., Argh!, I can”t believe I asked that. I don”t live here anymore, but when I did, I hated it when people assumed I knew everybody in town just because it was small. It was worse than when they”d ask if we had plumbing “way up there,” “cause, you know, people in small towns really don”t know each other any better than they do in big towns, you know that? I mean, you know who you know, and you don”t know who you don”t know, just like anywhere else.Little beat.I”m so sorry to have bothered you. I was just so sure [I”d find him here] -. When his parents passed away, he kept the house, I heard. He lived here. He stayed here, I thought. He was one of the ones who stayed.Little beat.I didn”t stay. I went away. And I guess he did too.For more info, visit: Almost, MaineRelatedShareTweetPin

The woman is at a loss, but wonders if maybe this man can help her.Do you know him? Big guy, big tall guy. Played basketball, All-Maine, center? Strong. Do you know him?, Played hockey, too? Oh, don”t even answer that. That was [a horrible thing to ask] -. I know that”s a horrible question to ask a person who lives in a small town, as if everybody in small towns knows everybody else., Argh!, I can”t believe I asked that. I don”t live here anymore, but when I did, I hated it when people assumed I knew everybody in town just because it was small. It was worse than when they”d ask if we had plumbing “way up there,” “cause, you know, people in small towns really don”t know each other any better than they do in big towns, you know that? I mean, you know who you know, and you don”t know who you don”t know, just like anywhere else.Little beat.I”m so sorry to have bothered you. I was just so sure [I”d find him here] -. When his parents passed away, he kept the house, I heard. He lived here. He stayed here, I thought. He was one of the ones who stayed.Little beat.I didn”t stay. I went away. And I guess he did too.For more info, visit: Almost, MaineRelatedShareTweetPin

Do you know him? Big guy, big tall guy. Played basketball, All-Maine, center? Strong. Do you know him?, Played hockey, too? Oh, don”t even answer that. That was [a horrible thing to ask] -. I know that”s a horrible question to ask a person who lives in a small town, as if everybody in small towns knows everybody else., Argh!, I can”t believe I asked that. I don”t live here anymore, but when I did, I hated it when people assumed I knew everybody in town just because it was small. It was worse than when they”d ask if we had plumbing “way up there,” “cause, you know, people in small towns really don”t know each other any better than they do in big towns, you know that? I mean, you know who you know, and you don”t know who you don”t know, just like anywhere else.Little beat.I”m so sorry to have bothered you. I was just so sure [I”d find him here] -. When his parents passed away, he kept the house, I heard. He lived here. He stayed here, I thought. He was one of the ones who stayed.Little beat.I didn”t stay. I went away. And I guess he did too.For more info, visit: Almost, MaineRelatedShareTweetPin

Little beat.I”m so sorry to have bothered you. I was just so sure [I”d find him here] -. When his parents passed away, he kept the house, I heard. He lived here. He stayed here, I thought. He was one of the ones who stayed.Little beat.I didn”t stay. I went away. And I guess he did too.For more info, visit: Almost, MaineRelatedShareTweetPin

I”m so sorry to have bothered you. I was just so sure [I”d find him here] -. When his parents passed away, he kept the house, I heard. He lived here. He stayed here, I thought. He was one of the ones who stayed.Little beat.I didn”t stay. I went away. And I guess he did too.For more info, visit: Almost, MaineRelatedShareTweetPin

Little beat.I didn”t stay. I went away. And I guess he did too.For more info, visit: Almost, MaineRelatedShareTweetPin

I didn”t stay. I went away. And I guess he did too.For more info, visit: Almost, MaineRelatedShareTweetPin

For more info, visit: Almost, MaineRelatedShareTweetPin

All’s Well That Ends Well (Countess)

Category: Play Role: Countess From: All's Well That Ends Well

Countess says

What angel shall
Bless this unworthy husband? he cannot thrive,
Unless her prayers, whom heaven delights to hear
And loves to grant, reprieve him from the wrath
Of greatest justice. Write, write, Rinaldo,
To this unworthy husband of his wife;
Let every word weigh heavy of her worth
That he does weigh too light: my greatest grief.
Though little he do feel it, set down sharply.
Dispatch the most convenient messenger:
When haply he shall hear that she is gone,
He will return; and hope I may that she,
Hearing so much, will speed her foot again,
Led hither pure love: which of them both
Is dearest to me. I have no skill in sense
To make distinction: provide this messenger:
My heart is heavy and mine age is weak;
Grief would have tears, and sorrow bids me speak.

Alcott (Jessie)

Category: Play Role: Jessie From: Alcott

Jessie says

Why not?! Because you write about me over and over except it’s not me. I’m funnier than that. I’m smarter than that. And then after you dumb me down, you expect me to keep playing this paler version of myself . And then the point of the play is always that you aren’t in love with me. So night after night I have to go in front of an audience and be rejected you in every dumb play you write about me. And like an idiot, I keep coming back for more. I think, “artistic license.” I think, “fiction.” But I’m just lying to myself. You’re obsessed with how in love with me you aren’t. And maybe you don’t even see it. But I’ve seen it in a thousand different moments over the last several years. So I’m just going to quit. I’m not going to be in your play.

Alcott (Lucy)

Category: Play Role: Lucy From: Alcott

Lucy says

Welcome. Welcome. Come in. There’s seats down in the front. Everybody here? Great. So this is, “Finding Your Voice.” My name is Lucy and I am here to tell you that you are valuable. Your thoughts are valuable. Your feelings, your ideas. The patriarchy spends a lot of time telling women in subtle and not so subtle ways that what they think or feel or believe is wrong. I am here to tell you they are all full of shit. You have a lot to contribute to our community and I am here to help you find and free your voice. This will be an era in your life of freedom, an end to the oppression of denying your true self. There will be no more writer’s block. No more insecurity. No more second guessing or self censoring. You ready to get started, you future leaders of tomorrow?

Alcott (Marisa)

Category: Play Role: Marisa From: Alcott

Marisa says

Okay so I don’t know if there are stragglers, but I’m just going to start the tour. Hi, I’m Marissa. Hi. Welcome to Alcott College for Women founded in eighteen ninety five. You are here because we are the best. You know the saying. Smith to bed, Mount Holyoke to wed and Alcott to run your company. But our grads are not all CEOs. We have novelists, painters, journalists, lawyers, doctors, philanthropists, architects and professors. (as if responding to someone on the tour.) Yes, right and mothers. But you already know all this. That’s why you’re here. . . . No, Gloria Steinem didn’t go here.

… Amelia Earhart? No. … Helen Gurley Brown? No. … Well, scores of amazing women, just not those three. … No Aphra Behn died a hundred years before the college was founded. … No, not Gertrude Stein. No. … No. … No. … No. … No. … No… We’re getting sidetracked here. Let me show you the campus. Designed Stanford White after an exploratory trip to Italy and Greece it’s a neoclassical … yes, that’s right. Imposing, isn’t it? It gives a weight to our studies. We aren’t f- fooling around at Alcott. We are the future leaders of the arts, business and– No, not her, either. Stop! Hold on! I know you! You’re the tour guide from Wellesley. You’ve been warned before. Don’t let me see you on this campus again! I don’t care if your girlfriend’s here or not. This is my work study job. I won’t have it! I simply won’t! We’re not continuing until you leave. … Go! Just go! GO! GO! GO!

… Is she gone? Behind me, the cafeteria. You’ll spend a lot of time there. And the library of course. The intricate structure to my left is the cathedral, mostly used for–GET OUT OF HERE! GO! GO! Okay, I think she’s finally . . . This way to the STEM wing. That’s new. Then the Theater. But you probably want to see the dorms, don’t you? I SAID GET OUT OF HERE!!

Alcott (Violet)

Category: Play Role: Violet From: Alcott

Violet says

My name’s not Violet. My name has never been Violet. I always introduce myself as Elizabeth. It’s my name. It’s always been my name. Meredith called me Shrinking Violet once during my freshman year and ever since then, everyone thinks my name is Violet. My name is not Violet. It’s been fourteen years. Stop fucking calling me Violet!

(PRAGUE: Relax, Honey.)

I will not relax. You know, I’ve expended so much energy over the years trying to get you to notice me. All of you. Why do I care what you think? How is it I think about you when you aren’t there? Still. All the time. All of you? You’re not that special. You never were. No one cares about you. No one knows who you are. You’ve built this wind tunnel around you that celebrates your cult. It’s not a real thing. Theater isn’t even a real thing. My mother thinks I open curtains during Lion King. And you! All the things you do are insignificant. You are selfish and you are oblivious and you are all terrible people.