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Chapter Two

By Neil Simon - Stage play

Stage playStageACT II, Scene 7

Roles

  • Jennie Malone - Adult (36-50), Female

About this piece

Jennie expresses her feelings to her husband regarding their marriage and their future

Summary

Jennie Malone is a soap opera actress who is married to George Schneider, a recently widowed writer. The play focuses on their troubled romance as they try to figure out if they did the choice by getting married. Jennie has just got out of an unhappy marriage with a football player and George is still in love with his deceased wife. In order to spend some time alone and make the right decisions, George decides to leave for a trip to the West Coast. Before he leaves, Jennie confronts him and expresses her feelings about him, their marriage and their future.

Tone

In loveDepressedLamentingComplainingFrustratedReminiscing life story/Telling a story

Use cases

classaudition
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