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1、TheatreandDramaFinalPerformanceThissequencehastwoactsandshouldtakearoundtenminutes,dependingonthepaceofdeliveringthelinesandtheuseofdramaticpauses.Therearethreeparts:twofemaleandonemale.Jimmy:aphotojournalistwhohashadtotakeseveralweeksoffoftravelingtheworlddo
2、inghisjobasaphotographerbecausehehasabrokenleg.Hehasbeenlimitedtosittinginawheelchair(youmayusearegularchair).Heisinbothscenes.Ethel:amiddle-agednurseforaninsurancecompany.ShevisitsJimmyonceadaytocheckonhisrecovery.Shehasdevelopedafriendlyrelationshipwithhimo
3、verthepastweeks.Sheappearsinthefirstscene.Grace:Jimmy’sgirlfriend.GraceisaglamorousandelegantNewYorkCityfashionboutiqueownerandeditorofafashionmagazine.Sheappearsinthesecondscene.BothscenestakeplaceinJimmy’slivingroom.SceneIJimmyisinhislivingroom,watchinghisn
4、eighborsfromhiswindows.EnterEthel.Ethel:NewYorkstatesentenceforaPeepingTomissixmonthsintheworkhouse.Jimmy:Oh,hello,sweetheart.Ethel:Theygotnowindowsintheworkhouse.Youknow,intheolddays,theyusedtoputyoureyesoutwithared-hotpoker.Anyofthosebikinibombshellsyou’rea
5、lwayswatchingworthared-hotpoker?Oh,dear.We’vebecomearaceofPeepingToms.Whatpeopleoughttodoisgetoutsidetheirownhouseandlookinforachange.Yes,sir.How’sthatforabitofhomespunphilosophy?Jimmy:Reader’sDigest,April1939.Ethel:Well,Ionlyquotefromthebest.(getsreadytotake
6、Jimmy’stemperature)Jimmy:Youdon’thavetotakemytemperaturethismorning.Ethel:(sticksathermometerintoJimmy’smouth)Quiet.Seeifyoucanbreak100.Youknow,Ishouldhavebeenagypsyfortune-tellerinsteadofaninsurancecompanynurse.Igotanosefortrouble.Cansmellittenmilesaway.Youh
7、eardofthatmarketcrashin’29?Ipredictedthat.Jimmy:(withthethermometerstillinhismouth)Justhowdidyoudothat,Ethel?Ethel:Oh,simple.IwasnursingadirectorofGeneralMotors.“Kidneyailment,”theysaid.“Nerves,”Isaid.ThenIaskedmyself,“What’sGeneralMotorsgottobenervousabout?”
8、“Overproduction,”Isays.“Collapse.”WhenGeneralMotorshastogotothebathroomtentimesaday,thewholecountry’sreadytoletgo.Jimmy:(takingthethermometeroutofhismouth)Youknow,Ethel,ineconomics,akidne
