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SC EN E V
BLA NCH E is seated .in the bedroom fanning herself with a palm lta
as site reads over a JUSt completed letter. Suddenly she bi,rsts i
., I
if
°
peal of laughter. STE LLA is dressing in the bedroom. n a
STE LLA : Wha t are you laughing at, hone
y?
oi ~. <t t~ ~
Myself, myself, for being such a liar! I'm writing a Icttc
BLA NCH B:
to Shep. [She picks up the letter.] "Darling Shep. I am spending
th:
~ ' \ sum mer on the wing, making flying visits here
and there. And who
~~,ti ~ knows, perhaps I shall take a sudden noti
At ~> < a on to swoop down on
Dallas! How would you feel about that? Ha-ha! [Shi laughs nervo
~ ~'-'!,> ~ and brightly, touching her throat as if adually usly
talking to SBBP.) Fore-
(>)• ~ - ~ wame~ is forearmed, as they say !"-H ow does that so1D1
\~.
d?
STB LLA . Uh- huh ...
' o , ~'\t
B LAN CHB [going on ntwously): "Mo st of my sister's frien
ds go north
~ in the summer but some have 'hom
es on the Gulf and there has
~ been a continued round of cntcrtainmcn~ teas, cocktails,
().es:, and
luncheons .. ~ \ J t ©f\.tro.&-f 1b SCol€las\-
A disturbance is heard upstairs at the Hu BB EL s' apartment•
...
STE LLA {crossing to the Joor]: F.uni~ seem
s to be having some trouble
with Steve. e~ b\ ~ ~a . L X \ ; ~
~
EuN ICB 's voice shouts in te"iblt wrath. ~\
EUN ICE: I heard about you and that blonde!
STE VB: That's a damn lie!
EUN ICE: You ain't pulling the wool over my
eyes! I wouldn't mind
if you 'd stay dow n at the Four Deuces, but you always goin
g up.
STB VB: Wh o ever seen me up?
EUN ICE: I seen you chasing her 'rou nd
the balc ony -rm gonna
call the vice squad I
STE VE: Don 't you throw that at me! _
EuN ICE [shrieking]: You hit me! I'm gonn
a call the police!
A clatter of aluminium striking a wall is heard, followed by
" num's
angry roar, shouts and ovmurnetl famiture. There is" aasb; tbtn
a
rtlativthush. ~ ~ \ € . , ~ f,-\ M, G )~ ~\ t
\r\Q \e.( \~ ~ f\.0 ,\-G l\~ a\l . uJ
~ ~ t; \u 'S
, • • '.. SCENE V i,Mlwe r ~ ~
BLAN CBI [brightly]: Did he kill her? lr\tD 0.. ~oR(,
EuNICB apptats on tht steps in "4tmonic Jisortltr.
STELLA: No I She's coming downstairs. •
EUNJCB: Call the police, I'm going to call the ~lice! (She rushts
11,ound the comer. •
STELLA [rttuming from tht' Joo,]: -Some of your sister's friends have
stayed in the city. ru~ .
Thty laugh lightly. STANLEY comts around tht corntr in his grttn
and scarltt silk bowling shirt. Ht trots up tht sttps anJ bangs into the
~itthtn. BLANCHE rtgistns his tntrana with nervous gtSturts. p~tc..o1
• ~~
STANLBY:r What's a matter with Eun-uss?
STELLA: She and Steve bad a row. Has she got the police? •
'STANtiY: Naw. She's gettin' a drink. "" , \ . , .
Srsu.A: 'I1iat's much more praqical! 10~ ~\,~ ~\.
. .. ntco'"lto.J P~em:s
U\~Wu,i\e\
STBVE comes Jown nursing a bruist on· his forthtad anJ looks in tnt
Jo<1r.
STEVE: She hat1 ·
STANLEY: Naw, naw. At the Four Deuces. .
• STEVE: Th.at hunk! [Ht looks around t~ corntr a bit.timidly, thtn turm
with affecttd boldlJlls and runs after htr.] . • .
BLANCHE: I must jot that d~wn in my notebook. Ha-ha! I'm com-
piling a notebook of.quaint little words and phrases I've picked up
here. • •
STANLEY:\You won't pick up nothing here you ain't heard before. a\:i~~
BLANCHE: Can I count on that? ~~\ Ot\
ST ANLBY: You can count on it up to five hundred. he!" ~
BtANCIJ.~: That's a mighty high number. [.flt jtrks open tht bureau
tlr~wn, s~ms it sh~t and throws shots in a corn~. Attach ,ioist BLAN CHE \} \ 0 \ ~
w,nus $1,ghtly.'F,nally she sptaks.] What sign we~c you born ~dcr?
STANLEY [while ht is drtssing]: Sign? ~~'t\J~ 0,00~\\J( -
BLANCHE: Astrological sign. I bet you were born under Aries.
Aries people arc'forccful and dynamic. They dote on noise! They
love to bang things around! You must.have had lots of b31lging
around in the army, and now that you'ic ~ut,'you nuke up for it
by trcatin~ inanima~ objects with such a fucy! ~\\.~ 'c!BS~~JC
StittA has bttn going in and out of clostt .during tl,is sctnc. Now .
sht pops her ht,d out of tht clostt.
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SC EN E V
BLA NCH E is seated .in the bedroom fanning herself with a palm lta
as site reads over a JUSt completed letter. Suddenly she bi,rsts i
., I
if
°
peal of laughter. STE LLA is dressing in the bedroom. n a
STE LLA : Wha t are you laughing at, hone
y?
oi ~. <t t~ ~
Myself, myself, for being such a liar! I'm writing a Icttc
BLA NCH B:
to Shep. [She picks up the letter.] "Darling Shep. I am spending
th:
~ ' \ sum mer on the wing, making flying visits here
and there. And who
~~,ti ~ knows, perhaps I shall take a sudden noti
At ~> < a on to swoop down on
Dallas! How would you feel about that? Ha-ha! [Shi laughs nervo
~ ~'-'!,> ~ and brightly, touching her throat as if adually usly
talking to SBBP.) Fore-
(>)• ~ - ~ wame~ is forearmed, as they say !"-H ow does that so1D1
\~.
d?
STB LLA . Uh- huh ...
' o , ~'\t
B LAN CHB [going on ntwously): "Mo st of my sister's frien
ds go north
~ in the summer but some have 'hom
es on the Gulf and there has
~ been a continued round of cntcrtainmcn~ teas, cocktails,
().es:, and
luncheons .. ~ \ J t ©f\.tro.&-f 1b SCol€las\-
A disturbance is heard upstairs at the Hu BB EL s' apartment•
...
STE LLA {crossing to the Joor]: F.uni~ seem
s to be having some trouble
with Steve. e~ b\ ~ ~a . L X \ ; ~
~
EuN ICB 's voice shouts in te"iblt wrath. ~\
EUN ICE: I heard about you and that blonde!
STE VB: That's a damn lie!
EUN ICE: You ain't pulling the wool over my
eyes! I wouldn't mind
if you 'd stay dow n at the Four Deuces, but you always goin
g up.
STB VB: Wh o ever seen me up?
EUN ICE: I seen you chasing her 'rou nd
the balc ony -rm gonna
call the vice squad I
STE VE: Don 't you throw that at me! _
EuN ICE [shrieking]: You hit me! I'm gonn
a call the police!
A clatter of aluminium striking a wall is heard, followed by
" num's
angry roar, shouts and ovmurnetl famiture. There is" aasb; tbtn
a
rtlativthush. ~ ~ \ € . , ~ f,-\ M, G )~ ~\ t
\r\Q \e.( \~ ~ f\.0 ,\-G l\~ a\l . uJ
~ ~ t; \u 'S
, • • '.. SCENE V i,Mlwe r ~ ~
BLAN CBI [brightly]: Did he kill her? lr\tD 0.. ~oR(,
EuNICB apptats on tht steps in "4tmonic Jisortltr.
STELLA: No I She's coming downstairs. •
EUNJCB: Call the police, I'm going to call the ~lice! (She rushts
11,ound the comer. •
STELLA [rttuming from tht' Joo,]: -Some of your sister's friends have
stayed in the city. ru~ .
Thty laugh lightly. STANLEY comts around tht corntr in his grttn
and scarltt silk bowling shirt. Ht trots up tht sttps anJ bangs into the
~itthtn. BLANCHE rtgistns his tntrana with nervous gtSturts. p~tc..o1
• ~~
STANLBY:r What's a matter with Eun-uss?
STELLA: She and Steve bad a row. Has she got the police? •
'STANtiY: Naw. She's gettin' a drink. "" , \ . , .
Srsu.A: 'I1iat's much more praqical! 10~ ~\,~ ~\.
. .. ntco'"lto.J P~em:s
U\~Wu,i\e\
STBVE comes Jown nursing a bruist on· his forthtad anJ looks in tnt
Jo<1r.
STEVE: She hat1 ·
STANLEY: Naw, naw. At the Four Deuces. .
• STEVE: Th.at hunk! [Ht looks around t~ corntr a bit.timidly, thtn turm
with affecttd boldlJlls and runs after htr.] . • .
BLANCHE: I must jot that d~wn in my notebook. Ha-ha! I'm com-
piling a notebook of.quaint little words and phrases I've picked up
here. • •
STANLEY:\You won't pick up nothing here you ain't heard before. a\:i~~
BLANCHE: Can I count on that? ~~\ Ot\
ST ANLBY: You can count on it up to five hundred. he!" ~
BtANCIJ.~: That's a mighty high number. [.flt jtrks open tht bureau
tlr~wn, s~ms it sh~t and throws shots in a corn~. Attach ,ioist BLAN CHE \} \ 0 \ ~
w,nus $1,ghtly.'F,nally she sptaks.] What sign we~c you born ~dcr?
STANLEY [while ht is drtssing]: Sign? ~~'t\J~ 0,00~\\J( -
BLANCHE: Astrological sign. I bet you were born under Aries.
Aries people arc'forccful and dynamic. They dote on noise! They
love to bang things around! You must.have had lots of b31lging
around in the army, and now that you'ic ~ut,'you nuke up for it
by trcatin~ inanima~ objects with such a fucy! ~\\.~ 'c!BS~~JC
StittA has bttn going in and out of clostt .during tl,is sctnc. Now .
sht pops her ht,d out of tht clostt.
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