Blanche finally stands up for herself
Neil Simon Monologues
‘Brighton Beach Memoirs’ (Blanche)
‘Brighton Beach Memoirs’ (Nora and Her Future)
Nora Morton is a beautiful and ambitious 16-year-old girl with dreams of Broadway. She’s often resentful of her younger sister and angry at her father for dying
‘Brighton Beach Memoirs’ (Nora): “When I was six or seven he always brought me home a little surprise”
NORA: How would you feel if your entire life depended on what your Uncle Jack decided?…Oh, God, I wish Daddy were alive. Oh, God, he was so handsome. Always dressed so dapper, his shoes always shined. I always thought he should have been a movie star…like Gary Cooper…only very short.
‘The Goodbye Girl’ by Neil Simon
Elliott: Will you listen very, very carefully to me? Just for once. This may be the last time I ever talk to you. Not everyone in this world is after your magnificent body, lady. In the first place, it’s not so magnificent. It’s fair, but it ain’t keeping me up
