1920
First performed: August, 1914
ORIGINAL CAST
HENRIETTA BREWSTER SUSAN GLASPELL
STEPHEN BREWSTER GEORGE CRAM COOK
MABEL MARY PYNE
SCENE I:
A studio apartment in an upper story, Washington Square South. Through an immense north window in the back wall appear tree tops and the upper part of the Washington Arch. Beyond it you look up Fifth Avenue. Near the window is a big table, loaded at one end with serious-looking books and austere scientific periodicals. At the other end are architect's drawings, blue prints, dividing compasses, square, ruler, etc. At the left is a door leading to the rest of the apartment; at the right the outer door. A breakfast table is set for three, but only two are seated at it — HENRIETTA and STEPHEN BREWSTER. As the curtains withdraw STEVE pushes back his coffee cup and sits dejected .
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Takes morning paper and tries to read .
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He takes out cigarettes . MABEL comes in from door left, the side opposite STEVE, so that he is facing her. She is wearing a rather fussy negligee in contrast to HENRIETTA, who wears "radical" clothes . MABEL is what is called plump .
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[MABEL nods to him and turns, her face lighting up, to HENRIETTA.
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She sits down, then leans toward MABEL who is seated now, and scrutinizes her .
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Goes to window and stands looking out .
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[STEVE goes to work-table .
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Shakes his head darkly .
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During HENRIETTA'S next speech settles himself at work-table and sharpens a lead pencil .
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He starts work, drawing lines on a drawing board with a T-square .
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[STEVE applauds .
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She goes out left, carrying dishes .
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He hurries out .
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As she turns her head to look at HENRIETTA her hands move toward the upper corners of the book balanced on her knees .
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(CURTAIN)
SCENE II:
Two weeks later. The stage is as in Scene I, except that the breakfast table has been removed. During the first few minutes the dusk of a winter afternoon deepens. Out of the darkness spring rows of double street-lights almost meeting in the distance . HENRIETTA is at the psychoanalytical end of STEVE'S work-table, surrounded by open books and periodicals, writing . STEVE enters briskly .
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Alone , HENRIETTA'S face betrays her outraged state of mind — disconcerted, resentful, trying to pull herself together. She attains an air of bravely bearing an outrageous thing. — The outer door opens and MABEL enters in great excitement .
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Looks at HENRIETTA, is unable to continue .
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[HENRIETTA and STEPHEN collapse into the nearest chairs .
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In fumbling her way to her chair she brushes to the floor some sheets from the psychoanalytical table .
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Gathers up sheets and offers them to her .
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At the word "crazy" with a moan MABEL sinks to chair and buries her face in her hands .
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They embrace ardently . MABEL lifts her head and looks at them woefully .
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(CURTAIN)