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The Name of the Game is Kill
By Gary Crutcher - Film
Roles
- Mrs Terry - Adult (36-50), Female
About this piece
Mrs Terry tells Sym the story of her failed marriage
Summary
Sym is an Hungarian drifter who gets picked up on a highway by Mickey Terry, a pretty brunette who brings him to stay with her family. Everybody in her family seems to be deranged and he soon learns that Mickey's father died in mysterious circumstances. In this 2 minute monologue Mrs Terry tells Sym how her good for nothing husband used to be a drunk and beat her and their daughters. When she was granted a divorce, he jumped off a building and killed himself. Then with the help of her father she got granted a filling station and went into that business...
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