The Same Old Thing

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SHE [PEGGY HALE], an actress
HE [BILLY], an admirer
THE OTHER MAN, her husband
THE AUTHOR
JULIA

SCENE: Her boudoir .

TIME: Evening .

A handsomely furnished sitting-room in PEGGY'S hotel. There are doors right, left, and center, that on the left partially concealed by curtains .

A fireplace on the right, an easy-chair near it. A writing-desk to the right, with a chair. Couch, table, other furniture here and there .

At rise of curtain, the door bell rings. Enter JULIA right. She goes to door center, answers the bell and takes in some letters which she puts on table. The telephone rings . JULIA crosses to it .

JULIA

( in phone ).

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JULIA.

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JULIA.

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( She gives a half-pathetic little laugh and puts the letters down. She picks up another letter and reads fragments .)

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( She reads the remaining letter, touches her lips to it, murmurs "Billy," puts it aside and then tears the other letters up. The phone rings . JULIA answers it .)

JULIA.

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JULIA.

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SHE

( at phone ).

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( She rings off. She lights a cigarette and goes out Right. As she goes, there is the sound of a key clicking in the lock of the door Center. The door is softly opened and THE OTHER MAN enters. He crosses over to table, picks up the letter from BILLY, crumples it angrily. Hears a knock at the door Center, hears her singing a little snatch of song, and exits quietly and quickly off Left, drawing portière curtains after him. The knocking at door continues, and SHE enters .)

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( outside ).

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( with satisfaction ).

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( persuasively ).

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SHE

( opening the door ).

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( changing the subject ).

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( earnestly, leaning forward ).

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( gaily ).

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( earnestly ).

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( softly ).

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SHE

( softly ).

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SHE.

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( leaning close to HER).

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SHE

( a little sadly ).

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HE.

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( quickly ).

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( softly ).

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( not meaning it ).

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( cynically ).

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( laughing ).

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( crossing to her ).

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( suddenly ).

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( moving away ).

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( unheedingly ).

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( gently ).

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HE.

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( coming close to her ).

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( looking up at him audaciously ).

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( covering his eyes ).

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SHE

( not indignant, but cool and self-possessed ).

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SHE

( quickly releasing herself ).

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( irritated ).

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( rather with a sting in it ).

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( serious now ).

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( meaningly ).

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( coming close to her ).

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( finally releasing herself and pushing him away ).

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( with force ).

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SHE

( suddenly starting ).

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SHE

( whispering ).

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( With his left hand HE breaks her hold and SHE falls on the floor prostrate . HE moves a step or two nearer the door C., raises his revolver and points it toward the door, muttering .)

HE.

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(SHE slowly raises herself and throws her arms around him, pinning his arms to her side. Tensely, screaming .)

SHE.

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( roughly ).

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(THE OTHER MAN comes in from the door Left with revolver aimed .)

AUTHOR

( in audience ).

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THE OTHER MAN.

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AUTHOR.

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OTHER MAN.

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( He goes out .)

SHE.

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( They get back in their former positions .)

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( interrupting ).

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( to her ).

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SHE.

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( picking up hat and turning to AUTHOR).

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( protesting ).

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( excitedly ).

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THE OTHER MAN

( putting his head in at the door ).

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ALL THREE.

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SHE.

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( Goes to chair Right of table Left Center starts to sit as stage hand pulls chair from under her — and then she sits n floor — )

CURTAIN

(SECOND CURTAIN: SHE is seen sitting on floor, raging at stage hands who pay no attention to her as they keep on striking the set .)

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Citation Suggestion for this Object: TextGrid Repository (2024). American Drama. The Same Old Thing. The Same Old Thing. American Drama Corpus. Mathias Göbel. https://hdl.handle.net/21.11113/0000-0014-A04C-0