Mary Girard Lines

First Line

Mary, Mary Girard. Polly, Polly. Polly-Mary. Girard.

Well-to-do

Would they, Mary?

We want nothing, Mary.

Only to comfort you

Oh, say that and

Well never let you out

Does promise? To behave? Would she try? To run?

Away?

Not you, Mary

Not you

We’re no one

nothing

Smoke. A puff. A poof. Of nothing. Nothing, nothing

Nothing

If you are nothing, then i must be mad. I can see you, hear you. (mary reaches out to grab)

No, you mustn’t touch us!

MARY: Tell me everything I want to know

What do you?

Want to know

Mary?

The same

As it was

being crazy

Crazy mary girard

and quite a lucrative account

you’ll prove to be

for a lunatic

mary

stark raving

mad

of dr rush

he positively

we want to hear

everything

no one was

smothering you at all

the proper treatment

for your type

of claims of

sanity

quite customary

mary

your protestations of sanity

from you they took

thirty ounces

of blood

the chair works

Now, mary?

soon it will be sunday

You’ll be able to hear

stephen girard will be in his usual pew

Mary

did you ever

hear of such a thing?

leave her husband?

she must be. mad

to a husband for thirteen years

she sounds like

MARY: Get away from me and get out!

Oh, no, don’t, mary. Don’t send us off

we’re only trying to help you

mary

MARY: No on would dare talk to me in such a manner!

They will, mary

And laugh at the lunatics. to mock them.

Try to frighten them into fits

speak to someone

mustn’t be allowed!

MARY: I coudnt stand it, i tell you

No! Poor mary

facing the windows

No, mary

we can only

show you

By seeing the warden of

the cells

You have to begin at the

Start

don’t be upset

Mary

see anyone you choose

Just tell us who it is

you never

Were. Were you, Mary?

she’ll not come here

Again

you were lying to me. Lying!

We?

How things are

Are. With you

He can’t hear you

Mary

MARY: Mr. Philips!

He can’t hear you, Mary.

He won’t hear you, No

body

Poor Mary

Poor Mary Girard

whose baby is it

Mary?

You cuckolded your husband

You betrayed him

For shame

Shame, Mary

You should have been like polly kenton. Yes, definitely.

Like Polly

Your mother would have been so

Grateful

Mrs Lum would have loved having a daughter like

Polly

MARY: What are you saying?

FURIES: Polly

Polly

MARY: I am polly

FURIES: Polly

Polly Mary

Polly Mary Girard

Crazy Mary Girard

They will have forgotten you

Mary

Even your mother, is she were alive, would favor

Polly

Did they tell you, you are sane?

Mary?

No, they have to tell you

Tell you, Mary

MARY: The board of managers?

You can, Mary.

It’s easy as pie Mary, Mary

Crazy Mary Girard

It must be torn apart, one must begin… again. The sheets must have…

No

Wrinkles

Mary. Smooth, Mary.

FURIES: Don’t cry.

Mary

You mustn’t

Cry

Tell us about yourself

Mary

Tell us. Tell

Us

MARY: As I drew it from the well, for my arms were always strong.

FURIES: Yes

Mary?

Mary?

Yes.

MARY: By the sucking of the bucket. Brim full. Lifting, lifting

Yes, mary

Mary: And.. and sometimes as a little girl I stood beside my father to watch him working. The sound of his hammer hammering. Nails…

that’s right, Mary. Yes

FURIES: No, no. Oh no, we must not

We can

Not

No, no, no

AFTER MRS HATCHER & PHILLIPS SCENE

She thinks her baby… she thinks her infant…she thinks her child… will give her comfort. will give her solace. will bring her relief. Not so, Mary. Oh, no, no. no

You were untrue, mary

MARY: She will live won’t she?

FURIES: Oh yes.

Doubtlessly

FURIES: Oh, yes. We can do that.

yes

FURIES: it will not be a longish

life

MARY: But just now you said five

FURIES: months mary

Yes

FURIES: Months five five months

yes

FURIES: You’ll never leave these walls

Mary

FURIES: So short a time? heavens

no

FURIES: well most of it will be

there

FURIES: and the fool is

you!

FURIES: it’s played you a devil of a trick. God did it to you

too mary

FURIES: if she could see any stars. Can you, mary? can you see

any stars?

FURIES: and filled her billy with his swollen spit. mary, the devils trick

mary girard the devils harlot the devils cat the devils bag the devils meretrix

MARY: leave me alone

and turned on him

MARY: don’t touch me.

we denounced and damned him

FURIES: damn it. curse it. pull it. tear it

bury it living

MARY: give birth to my poor pitiful child. isn’t that true

yes mary. yes yes indeed

MARY: then that must stand as proof that i am insane, wouldn’t it

yes oh yes yes yes

MARY: and if i were to prefer all this to all that then the world would know me to be mad wouldn’t they

yes certainly most assuredly mary definitely so mary