mitch quotes / stage directions

“I gotta sick…”

“…mother. She don’t go to sleep until I come in at night.” - mitch, scene three, pg 28

“She says to…”

“…go out, so I go, but I don’t enjoy it. All the while I keep wondering how she is.” - mitch, scene three, pg 28

“You may teach…”

“…school but you’re certainly not an old maid.” - mitch, scene three, pg 34

“MITCH is delighted…”

“…and moves in awkward imitation like a dancing bear.” - stage directions, scene three, pg 35

“Poker shouldn’t…”

“…be played in a house with women. […] Poker should not be played in a house with women.” - mitch, scene three, pg 36

“I don’t know…”

“…whether you want me to or not.” - mitch, scene six, pg 60

“You just - …”

“…do what you want to.” - mitch, scene six, pg 61

“I weigh…”

“…two hundred and seven pounds and I’m six feet one and a half inches tall in my bare feet - without shoes on. And this is what I weigh stripped.” - mitch, scene six, pg 63

“He fumblingly…”

“…embraces her.” - mitch, scene six, pg 63

“How old…”

“…are you? […] I talked to my mother about you and she said, ‘How old is Blanche?’ And I wasn’t able to tell her.” - mitch, scene six, pg 65

“You need…”

“…somebody. And I need somebody too. Could it be - you and me, Blanche?” - mitch, scene six, pg 67

“Are you boxed…”

“…out of your mind?” - mitch, scene nine, pg 85

“I told you already…”

“…I don’t want none of his liquor and I mean it. You ought to lay off his liquor. He says you been lapping it up all summer like a wild-cat!” - mitch, scene nine, pg 85

“I don’t think…”

“…I ever seen you in the light. That’s a fact!” - mitch, scene nine, pg 86

“What it means…”

“…is I’ve never had a real good look at you, Blanche.” - mitch, scene nine, pg 86

“MITCH crosses to…”

“…the switch. He turns the light on and stares at her.” - stage directions, scene nine, pg 86

“That pitch about…”

“…your ideals being so old-fashioned and all the malarkey that you’ve dished out all summer. Oh I knew you weren’t sixteen any more. But I was fool enough to believe you was straight.” - mitch, scene nine, pg 87

“I called him…”

“…a liar at first. And then I checked on the story.” - mitch, scene nine, pg 87

“You lied…”

“…to me, Blanche. […] Lies, lies, inside and out, all lies.” - mitch, scene nine, pg 88

“You’re not…”

“…clean enough to bring in the house with my mother.” - mitch, scene nine, pg 89

“At the sound of…”

“…BLANCHE’s voice MITCH’s arm supporting his cards has sagged and his gaze is dissolved into space.” - mitch, scene nine, pg 1000

“[wildly]: You!…”

“…You done this, all o’ your God damn interfering with things you - […] I’ll kill you! [He lunges and strikes at STANLEY.]” - mitch / stage directions, scene eleven, pg 106

“MITCH collapses…”

“…at the table, sobbing.” - stage directions, scene eleven, pg 106.