There you were, the next one to be sacrificed. . The scar is all I have left of you. Youll own it and the land forever. But instead I locked myself in my dorm room and refused to come out to greet them. In a way, I put all my romanticism into that one night, and I was never able to feel all this again. Stealing from my mom. And is that the America that this Court really wants to live in? But none could describe this place. I like thinking about the red dress and the television and you and your father. Read the play here Folger|Loves Labours Lost in Plain & Simple English, Watch the movie 2000 (Matthew Lillard)|1985 (David Warner). Arthur Lee Kopit (born May 10, 1937, New York City) is an American playwright. ), A monologue from the play by J. Thalia Cunningham. I have done many a bad thing. But she doesnt listen. A monologue from the screenplay by Hubert Selby Jr. & Darren Aronofsky. There is no other option. Jessicas husband was murdered when the couple stopped for gasoline in a black neighborhood. A great lumbering beast. 0000034695 00000 n and hear your playmates calling you, Johnny, Johnny! How it went through me, just to hear your name called! are you all afraid?Alas, I blame you not; for you are mortal,And mortal eyes cannot endure the devil.Avaunt, thou dreadful minister of hell!Thou hadst but power over his mortal body,His soul thou canst not have; therefore be gone.Foul devil, for Gods sake, hence, and trouble us not;For thou hast made the happy earth thy hell,Filld it with cursing cries and deep exclaims.If thou delight to view thy heinous deeds,Behold this pattern of thy butcheries.O, gentlemen, see, see! But to be honest I feel like the real opportunities are the ones that fall into your lap. When he returns from hunting,I will not speak with him; say I am sick:If you come slack of former services,You shall do well; the fault of it Ill answer.Put on what weary negligence you please,You and your fellows; Ill have it come to question:If he dislike it, let him to our sister,Whose mind and mine, I know, in that are one,Not to be over-ruled. A monologue from the screenplay by Chap Taylor & Michael Tolkin. 0000035304 00000 n listening for his irregular heartbeat and when our gazes met one cold stare meeting another I could see that he was aware that I knew. Hold it till my next birthday. Sideways 7. Finds brotherhood in thee no sharper spur?Hath love in thy old blood no living fire?Edwards seven sons, whereof thyself art one,Were as seven vials of his sacred blood,Or seven fair branches springing from one root:Some of those seven are dried by natures course,Some of those branches by the Destinies cut;But Thomas, my dear lord, my life, my Gloucester,One vial full of Edwards sacred blood,One flourishing branch of his most royal root,Is crackd, and all the precious liquor spilt,Is hackd down, and his summer leaves all faded,By envys hand and murders bloody axe.Ah, Gaunt, his blood was thine! Some called it the American Desert. Robert Morse (Person depicted) Rosalind Russell (Person depicted) Subjects. 0000019490 00000 n I screamed and cried, but he held his knife to my throat and said hed kill me, too, if I made one more sound. Requiem For A Dream 4. repose] this day depends upon it. It made me feel cold, like if love wasnt for me!. (Beat.) Increasing thoughts about death just seemed to come over me. Im sorry. Its like theres a fire burning in the center of my head, Mary, and the pipe is the water that will put it out. It was an abortion. Out here, we swim horseback through rivers. And it sunk them in me. Heaven witness,I have been to you a true and humble wife,At all times to your will conformable;Ever in fear to kindle your dislike,Yea, subject to your countenance, glad or sorryAs I saw it inclined: when was the hourI ever contradicted your desire,Or made it not mine too? He sees another soul to eat. But sometimes. And she doesnt want to wash her hair. Most of the time, most days, I feel ..nothing. And I hold you close in the hope that my heart may feel your heart beating. %PDF-1.6 % How I loved you! 0000050641 00000 n I killed my family. They they take needles and poke at my hands. Where does it hurt? 0000014198 00000 n Oh, Mother, please dont be sad! But already such a bright little girl! And the future, John Lennon probably put it best. Dont you understand? The Cid 6. Ah, its not the same. Oh yes, my nose would finally be able to smell the sweet scent of roses. (talking, through tears, about the last minutes with Shelby) I stayed there. My family drove 267 miles in a rented minivan, loaded with friends and relatives eager to witness my ceremony. (Dolores touches his face, almost affectionate). Like it was all some elaborate scheme I thought up. If only he hadnt taunted him. Oh, I suppose I am sick. Weiss. Im a coward. 0000030402 00000 n (NBC) The show became somewhat of a viral sensation thanks to memes and social media, cleaning up with a major . I should have said that my mother took an extra shift so I could have a new coat every year. 0000016016 00000 n [2], The play opened Off-Broadway at the Phoenix Repertory Theatre on February 26, 1962. Because I do. And we have 6 tables for the kids, seating 5 at each one, a table for mom and dad, and 10 food bowls. You should have left me. from my mother?My courage fails, now know I what to speak,Pouring libations on my fathers tomb.Or shall I pray, as holy wont enjoins,That to the senders of these chaplets, heRequital may accord, ay! A monologue from the play by Tennessee Williams. while I wore it yet, thou sawst me mockedThere at my home by each malicious mouthTo all and each, an undivided scorn.The name alike and fate of witch and cheatWoe, poverty, and famineall I bore;And at this last the god hath brought me hereInto deaths toils, and what his love had made,His hate unmakes me now: and I shall standNot now before the altar of my home,But me a slaughter-house and block of bloodShall see hewn down, a reeking sacrifice.Yet shall the gods have heed of me who die,For by their will shall one requite my doom.He, to avenge his fathers blood outpoured,Shall smite and slay with matricidal hand.Ay, he shall cometho far away he roam,A banished wanderer in a strangers landTo crown his kindreds edifice of ill,Called home to vengeance by his fathers fall:Thus have the high gods sworn, and shall fulfil.And now why mourn I, tarrying on earth,Since first mine Ilion has found its fateAnd I beheld, and those who won the wallPass to such issue as the gods ordain?I too will pass and like them dare to die! Dan's dad, Eugene Levy, hilariously makes a cameo during the opening monologue. Now, I hear theyre wondering if maybe it was a student of Tims seeking revenge or something. But somebody told me it was important so here it goes. Due to the failure of our justice system, our public defense system in particular, Jim Crow is alive and kicking; laws that made it illegal for blacks and whites to be buried in the same cemetery, that categorized people into quadroons and octaroons, that punished a black person for seeking medical attention in a white hospital. Maybe were just drifting from moment to moment trying to do what we think is right. It wasnt long till they came for me. But Im not sorry I built my telescope. Bethink thee, sister, of our fathers fate,Abhorred, dishonored, self-convinced of sin,Blinded, himself his executioner.Think of his mother-wife (ill sorted names)Done by a noose herself had twined to deathAnd last, our hapless brethren in one day,Both in a mutual destiny involved,Self-slaughtered, both the slayer and the slain.Bethink thee, sister, we are left alone;Shall we not perish wretchedest of all,If in defiance of the law we crossA monarchs will?weak women, think of that,Not framed by nature to contend with men.Remember this too that the stronger rules;We must obey his orders, these or worse.Therefore I plead compulsion and entreatThe dead to pardon. 0000022195 00000 n He was studying acting at the Herbert Berghof School with the illustrious Mrs. Berghof, Uta Hagen. Dont do anything you might regret. Character: Andrew Clark is a high school jock who's got issues with his father. I'd finally get a break from him pulling my poor tail and plucking my precious apricot colored-fur. Meanwhile, I endure an incredible torture; even up to this bridal. I do what I like, I dont like it. Because I saw you. Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad: A Pseudoclassical Tragifarce in a Bastard French Tradition was the first play written by Arthur Kopit . Rather, I shouldnt say suddenly. I was free. Its a reason to lose weight, to fit in the red dress. Um, these, uh A preoccupation with my own mortality. Oedipus the King 2. Shell sit there watching Jeopardy and bad-mouth my dad. I tried to run away, but Renly Baratheon took me in his arms. She hands it back to him.) That cannot be up to anyone else. Read the play here Folger| No Fear Shakespeare, Watch the movie 2010 (Helen Mirren)|2017 (Royal Shakespeare Company). 0000039076 00000 n I just sat there holding Shelbys hand while the sounds got softer and the beeps got farther apart until all was quiet. One night, while I struggled to get comfortable in bed from the bruises and sounds of my mom's crying, I hatched an . (Pause.). 0000002936 00000 n Perfect Dornish beauty. (After a short pause, fearfully.) What have I gained by thee but infamy?Thou hast stained the spotless honour of my house,And frightened thence noble society:Like those which, sick o th palsy, and retainIll-scenting foxes bout them, are still shunnedBy those of choicer nostrils. Yea, for these laws were not ordained of Zeus,And she who sits enthroned with gods below,Justice, enacted not these human laws.Nor did I deem that thou, a mortal man,Couldst by a breath annul and overrideThe immutable unwritten laws of Heaven.They were not born today nor yesterday;They die not; and none knoweth whence they sprang.I was not like, who feared no mortals frown,To disobey these laws and so provokeThe wrath of Heaven. No teachers. dead Henrys woundsOpen their congeald mouths and bleed afresh!Blush, Blush, thou lump of foul deformity;For tis thy presence that exhales this bloodFrom cold and empty veins, where no blood dwells;Thy deed, inhuman and unnatural,Provokes this deluge most unnatural.O God, which this blood madest, revenge his death!O earth, which this blood drinkst revenge his death!Either heaven with lightning strike themurderer dead,Or earth, gape open wide and eat him quick,As thou dost swallow up this good kings bloodWhich his hell-governd arm hath butchered! Why did you come almost close enoughand no closer? This is great to show off your physicality and an upbeat spirit. On and on and on and on. I would wear a lot of tasteful make-up too. My mom kissing me on the forehead, and . Youre right, I cant pretend to understand what youre going through. . I know you dont want to move, but whatever house you choose will be yours. They couldnt keep the game going any longer. I have hit my mom in the face. 0000014492 00000 n People like my client, Nathaniel Lahey, and millions of people like him who are relegated to a subclass of human existence in our prisons. But Im done. He picked you up. . 0000036825 00000 n But those phrases were invented by professors at universities. That these feelings were fixed and constant and would never end for the rest of my life. It had never placed it rotten finger on my heart. "Sending it express collect." Mother returns, accuses the sitter of harlotry, and kicks her out A yachtsman with a mile long yacht throws himself at the widow's feet, and offers her his fortune. No books. At least you get letters. And I know you love me. telling me my dads gonna be all right. And yetI honored thee, as the wise will deem, rightly.Never had I been a mother of children,or if a husband had been moldering in death,would I have taken this task upon me in the citys despite.What law, ye ask, is my warrant for that word?The husband lost, another might have been found,and child from another, to replace the first-born;but, father and mother hidden with Hades,no brothers life could ever bloom for me again.Such was the law whereby I held thee first in honor;but Creon deemed me guilty of error therein,and of outrage, ah brother mine!And now he leads me thus, a captive in his hands;no bridal bed, no bridal song hath been mine,no joy of marriage, no portion in the nurture of children; but thus, forlorn of friends, unhappy one, I go living to the vaults of death.And what law of Heaven have I transgressed?Why, hapless one, should I look to the gods anymorewhat ally should I invokewhen by pietyI have earned the name of impious? Funerals are quiet, but deaths--not always. (Pause. 0000037938 00000 n Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad: A Pseudoclassical Tragifarce in a Bastard French Tradition, Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oh_Dad,_Poor_Dad,_Mamma%27s_Hung_You_in_the_Closet_and_I%27m_Feelin%27_So_Sad_(film)&oldid=1106553380, This page was last edited on 25 August 2022, at 05:42. Making you want to leave again? When we returned, we found her side of the closet empty. A monologue from the play by Lynn Nottage. Number 1,352,767 was a fake. Hitting her in the face. For miles and miles and miles! It was me. Drum couldnt take it. For what purpose, what goal? Her trying to get me to run away with her, even though I was, um, scared, and . And eventually, all you can think about is how life has always been this way. It was an abortion, Michael! And then they all started to laugh. There can be no mistakes. When you do, the devil gets bored. Loud, overly eager, lugging picnic baskets filled with fragrant ghetto food . When I wrote a play, I found that I lost myself as Arthur Kopit and I just wrote down what the characters said. Read the play here English & Spanish Edition|Illustrated English Edition. Im damned if Im gonna stand here and have you tell me youre in love with somebody else! Just to see which fingers twitch a little and which ones remain lifeless. There's no place like home! 0000009309 00000 n In high school, it was a smile that I faked to get boys to like me. . and how slowly the atmosphere canagainst her dad by the Internet and wants to find a reason to live,it then I would be a human being and I can't understand what's going onIt's an odd turn. Thats the one. It hurts so much. I wasnt anywhere in the play, and I liked that. After having conquered two kings, couldst thou fail in obtaining a crown? . [4] Kopit won the 1962 Drama Desk Award for the production. How to Scare Dad. Thats the only good option. 0000047571 00000 n I love you. (Beat.) Poor princess! But here? Its been 226 years since then. Read the play here Folger|No Fear Shakespeare, Watch the movie 1995 (Ian McKellen)|1956 (Laurence Olivier). Well (He whispers.) Music Director and Composer Steve Przybylski . My impotence set in a year ago. I know! 0000037096 00000 n He prodded me, forcing me to turn around, mixing your blood with mine. Thus I stand revengedGo, crown some other with a prophets woe.Lookl it is he, it is Apollos selfRending from me the prophet-robe he gave.God! And then when he comes over to pick me up, she puts on lipstick! Dont stare too long. I thought about having him crush your daughters skull. At least thats what I thought. what causeHath my behavior given to your displeasure,That thus you should proceed to put me off,And take your good grace from me? . Most of my life I havent even been able to call you, and forget visiting. 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