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andym

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18. This was covered in the Music Man
Sat Aug 13, 2022, 04:29 PM
Aug 2022


About the town's librarian:

[MAUD]
Professor, her kind of woman doesn't belong on any committee
Of course I shouldn't tell you this but she advocates dirty books

[HAROLD]
Dirty books?

[ALMA]
Chaucer!

[MAUD]
Rabelais!

[EULALIE]
Balzac!

[MAUD]
And the worst thing, of course I shouldn't tell you this but-

[ALMA]
I'll tell!

[ETHEL]
The man lived on my street, let me tell !

[EULALIE]
No! I'll tell
She made brazen overtures to a man who never had a friend
In this town 'till she came here
[ALMA]
Oh yes
That woman made brazen overtures with a gilt-edged guarantee
She had a golden glint in her eye
And a silver voice with a counterfeit ring
Just melt her down and you'll reveal a lump of lead as cold as steel
Here, where a woman's heart should be

[EULALIE, ETHEL, MAUD, ALMA, MRS. SQUIRES]
He left River City the library building
But he left all the books to her!

[ALMA]
Chaucer!

[MAUD]
Rabelais!

[EULALIE]
Balzac!
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This play was set in the 1910's-- things haven't changed much...

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