Stage Beauty
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Ay, I do.
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- Then heaven have mercy on me!
- Good girl. Keep going.

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They are loves I bear to you.
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Peace, and be still!
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And I mean that.
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But Othello is advancing on her.
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Am I?
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You see me moving?
You take two steps back on the first line,

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then stumble on the last line.
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I can't remember the stumble.
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Peace, and be still!
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By my life and soul,
send for the man and ask him.

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"Send for the man and ask him."
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Easy to say, isn't it?
"Send for the man and ask him."

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Cassio's name gives her the willies.
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- But she doesn't say the name "Cassio".
- Aha!

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I'm lost.
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If lago wanted to poison the Moor's mind
with a lover for Desdemona,

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he had to pick someone who made sense.
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It couldn't be... Jo-Jo the Mute Boy.
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lago picked Cassio because, in truth,
Desdemona does fancy him.

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So, when Othello mentions him,
she must say, "Yes, call for Cassio."

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But his name doesn't come easily.
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But she doesn't say his name!
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Yes.
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- This next exchange of lines comes fast.
- Why?

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We want to get to the murder
faster than they expect.

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How can I say things like,
"While I say one prayer," fast?

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No, you're not in charge
of this part of the scene, the Moor is.

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The Moor says his lines fast. You have
to slap your words in as fast as you can.

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- Go.
- Alas, he is betray'd, and I undone!

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Out, strumpet!
Weep'st thou for him to my face?

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O, banish me, my lord, but kill me not!
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- Down, strumpet!
- Kill me tomorrow!

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- Nay, if you strive...
- But half an hour!

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- Being done, there is no pause.
- But while I say one prayer!

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It is too late.
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See what comes out of rehearsal?
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- I had planned to scream anyway.
- Good for you.

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Throw me on the bed, kill me.
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- No.
- We have to finish this off.

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Save something for the moment.
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Always do something different than you
planned. Good to throw yourself a bit.

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Recall what we've done to this point.
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Then when you die...
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...surprise me.

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