ACT 1 SCENE 7: Benny Southstreet CUES

(Open of scene)

B(me): “You all got your carnations? Remember, no one will be let in to the game without they red carnations. It’s like a pass word.”

H: “Okay, but where’s the game?”

B(me): “I’ll tell you in a minute. … Nathan, is it all set? Can I tell the guys that it’s at the Biltmore garage?”

NATH: “Not yet. I got to stall ‘em for a while. Joey wants his dough first.”

B(me): “But it’s eleven o’clock—they won’t stick around much longer.”

BRAN: “…What’s the occasion?”

NATH: “Well, we—er—“

B(me): “It’s a party!”

AD: “Goodbye, girls, see you tomorrow.”

B(me): “it’s a bachelor dinner. Nathan’s getting married.”

H: “that is correct, lieutenant! It’s a bachelor dinner. Nathan’s getting married!”

B(me): “Yes, sir! FOR HES A JOLLY GOOD FELLOW”

NATH: “Oh, it’s a bachelor dinner.”

B(me): “It’s a bachelor dinner.”

BRAN: “You can drive dawn to Maryland—what’s the name of that town?”

B(me): “pimlico”

NATH: “fourteen years.”

BJ: “Let’s shoot crap.”

B(me): “Nathan, you’d better find a place!”

NATH: “How can I? The money from Sky ain’t come yet.”

B(me): “Maybe it won’t come! Maybe he took the doll to Havana.”