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The second-most common [[School Play]] on television, behind ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]''. |
The second-most common [[School Play]] on television, behind ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]''. |
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== This play provides examples of: == |
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* [[Absent Aliens]]: According to the Stage Manager. "There are the stars -- doing their old, old crisscross journeys in the sky. Scholars haven't settled the matter yet, but they seem to think there are no living beings up there. Just chalk...or fire. Only this one is straining away, straining away all the time to make something of itself." |
* [[Absent Aliens]]: According to the Stage Manager. "There are the stars -- doing their old, old crisscross journeys in the sky. Scholars haven't settled the matter yet, but they seem to think there are no living beings up there. Just chalk...or fire. Only this one is straining away, straining away all the time to make something of itself." |
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* [[The Alcoholic]]: Simon Stimson. |
* [[The Alcoholic]]: Simon Stimson. |
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* [[Arranged Marriage]]: George's parents. |
* [[Arranged Marriage]]: George's parents. |
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* [[Close Knit Community]]: Grover's Corners. |
* [[Close Knit Community]]: Grover's Corners. |
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* [[Daddy's Girl]]: Emily. |
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* [[Death By Childbirth]]: {{spoiler|Emily}}; [[Justified]] because it really was common back in 1913. |
* [[Death By Childbirth]]: {{spoiler|Emily}}; [[Justified]] because it really was common back in 1913. |
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* [[Downer Ending]] |
* [[Downer Ending]] |
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