theater II monologue

dream girl by Elmer rice - Georgina allerton

first line

(to alert, to lie) Alright, mother, I’m practically dressed!

(to alert, to lie) Alright, mother, I’m practically dressed!

(to reflect) Maybe your mother is right, Georgina.

(to reflect) Maybe your mother is right, Georgina.

(to take charge, to control) Maybe it’s time you cut out the daydreaming - time you stopped mooning around and imagining yourself to be this extraordinary creature with a strange and fascinating psychological life.

(to take charge, to control) Maybe it’s time you cut out the daydreaming - time you stopped mooning around and imagining yourself to be this extraordinary creature with a strange and fascinating psychological life.

(to distract) starts getting dressed

(to distract) starts getting dressed

(to bargain) Still, to be honest, compared to the average girl you meet, I’m really quite complex. Intelligent and well-informed, too. And a good conversationalist.

(to bargain) Still, to be honest, compared to the average girl you meet, I’m really quite complex. Intelligent and well-informed, too. And a good conversationalist.

(to detest) sees someone peeking through the window while she’s getting dressed. Well, for heaven’s sake! Honestly, some people. goes over to shut the window

(to detest) sees someone peeking through the window while she’s getting dressed. Well, for heaven’s sake! Honestly, some people. goes over to shut the window

(to observe) And my looks are nothing to be ashamed of, either. I have a neat little figure and my legs are really very nice. Of course, my nose is sort of funny, but my face definitely has character - not like one of those magazine-cover deadpans.

(to observe) And my looks are nothing to be ashamed of, either. I have a neat little figure and my legs are really very nice. Of course, my nose is sort of funny, but my face definitely has character - not like one of those magazine-cover deadpans.

(to wish) If I could only stop lying awake for hours, dreaming up all the exciting things that could happen but never do.

(to wish) If I could only stop lying awake for hours, dreaming up all the exciting things that could happen but never do.

(to speculate) Well, maybe this is the day where things really do begin to happen to me.

(to speculate) Well, maybe this is the day where things really do begin to happen to me.

(to imagine) Maybe Wentworth and Jones will accept my novel. Wouldn’t that be wonderful! With a published novel, I’d really be somebody.

(to imagine) Maybe Wentworth and Jones will accept my novel. Wouldn’t that be wonderful! With a published novel, I’d really be somebody.

(same beat) Reviews in all the book sections, royalty checks coming in; women nudging each other a Barney’s and whispering: “Don’t look now, but that girl over there - the one with the smart hat - that’s Georgina Allerton, the novelist.”

(same beat) Reviews in all the book sections, royalty checks coming in; women nudging each other a Barney’s and whispering: “Don’t look now, but that girl over there - the one with the smart hat - that’s Georgina Allerton, the novelist.”

(to desire) Gee, that would be thrilling! To feel that I’d accomplished something, to feel that I had a purpose in life.

(to desire) Gee, that would be thrilling! To feel that I’d accomplished something, to feel that I had a purpose in life.

(to yearn) Only, that wouldn’t make up for Jim. Fifty novels wouldn’t make up for Jim.

(to yearn) Only, that wouldn’t make up for Jim. Fifty novels wouldn’t make up for Jim.

(to resent) If Miriam only appreciated him. But she doesn’t. She doesn’t understand him.

(to resent) If Miriam only appreciated him. But she doesn’t. She doesn’t understand him.

(to panic) What to do? What to do?

(to panic) What to do? What to do?

(to exaggerate, to rationalize) Here I am, 23 years old - no, let’s face it - 24 next month! And that’s practically thirty!

(to exaggerate, to rationalize) Here I am, 23 years old - no, let’s face it - 24 next month! And that’s practically thirty!

(to emphasize) Thirty years old and nothing to show for it.

(to emphasize) Thirty years old and nothing to show for it.

(to imagine) Suppose nothing does ever happen to me.

(to imagine) Suppose nothing does ever happen to me.

(to cower) That’s a frightening thought! Just to go on and on like this, on through middle age, on to senility, never experiencing anything…

(to cower) That’s a frightening thought! Just to go on and on like this, on through middle age, on to senility, never experiencing anything…

(to scoff) …what a prospect!