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MARTIN: |
Would you like more coffee? |
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EILEEN: |
No,
could I have some water? |
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MARTIN:
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OK.
Waiter. |
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WAITER: |
Can
I bring something else? Would you like some dessert? |
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MARTIN: |
No
dessert, thanks. Could I have more coffee and a glass of water?
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WAITER: |
Sure. |
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EILEEN: |
Did
you like this play as well as the last one? |
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MARTIN: |
What was the last one? Was that the comedy? |
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EILEEN: |
Yes. The one about the family in New York. |
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WAITER: |
Here you are. Who gets the water? |
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EILEEN: |
I
do. Thanks. |
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WAITER: |
Have you been to the theater? |
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MARTIN: |
Yes, we have. |
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WAITER: |
What did you think? Did you like it? |
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EILEEN: |
Yes, we did. |
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MARTIN: |
There were some problems, but we both liked it. Have you seen the
play? |
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WAITER: |
Yes. My roommate is in it. |
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EILEEN: |
Really? |
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WAITER: |
He
was the son. |
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EILEEN: |
He
was very good. |
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WAITER: |
He
hates the play. |
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MARTIN: |
Why!? We thought it was very real. |
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WAITER: |
That's probably why he doesn't like it. It's too real. His mother
died last year. |
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EILEEN: |
Oh, I see. How awful. And
he has to see his mother die every night in the play. |
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WAITER: |
He
wants to leave the play. |
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MARTIN: |
That's too bad. |
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VOICE: |
Waiter. |
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WAITER: |
Excuse me. I'm glad you liked the play. I'll tell him you liked it.
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EILEEN: |
Tell him we liked him too. |
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MARTIN: |
That's very interesting. |
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EILEEN: |
Isn't it? That proves it was very moving. It moves the actors too.
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MARTIN: |
I
guess you're right. What were we talking about before the waiter
came? |
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EILEEN: |
How
this play compared with the comedy. |
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MARTIN: |
I
can't compare them. This was a serious drama. The other was a
comedy. |
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EILEEN: |
I
liked this one better. |
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MARTIN: |
But
you always like a serious play better. You don't really like
comedies, do you? |
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EILEEN: |
Maybe not. I can't remember a comedy I liked. Can you? |
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MARTIN: |
Not
this year. Not last year either. I guess I don't like comedies very
much either. |
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EILEEN: |
Martin, you're a writer. |
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MARTIN: |
A
reporter. |
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EILEEN: |
Well, you write. |
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MARTIN: |
Yes, I write stories for radio. |
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EILEEN: |
How
would you make the play better? |
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MARTIN: |
I
think it could be better. First, I would make the first half
shorter. Don't you think that would help? |
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EILEEN: |
But
I liked everything in the first half. What would you leave out?
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MARTIN: |
That's the problem, isn't it? I don't write plays, you know. |
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EILEEN: |
Maybe you should. |
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EILEEN: |
I'm
very happy we saw the play, aren't you? |
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MARTIN: |
Yes. I always enjoy going to the theater. |
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EILEEN: |
Even when you don't like the play. |
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MARTIN: |
I
like talking about it. |
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