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Show SALT LAKE CITY'S SMARTEST MEN'S STOREHart Schaffner & Marx Clothes Knox Hats - - Fine FurnishingsArthur Frank208-210 South Main StreetTHE COLLEGE SUPERMAN (Mr. Shaw, we apologize)ACT IScene: Anywhere on the campus.Enter a He and a She. They meet.She (in mock surprise): "Oh, there you are."He (a look of dismay on his face): "Oh. Lord."She: "Why have you been avoiding me the last twenty-four hours?"He: "Avoiding you? If I only could. Say, why do you hound me around like this? Can't you see that I'm a week behind in Englishâ€""She: "Oh bother the English." (Comes close and looks into his eyes.)He (weakening): "Stand back, woman. Don't look at me that way."She (taking his arm): "There's a swell movie in town called The Land Of Hearts Desire."He: "I don't want to go. I won't go. I wouldn't be found dead with you in a laundry."She: "Oh I don't want you dead, (sweetly) I like you as you are. Come on."He (feebly): "Butâ€"."She: "There are no buts. Come. We must hurry." (She starts to go.)He (following): "Leech. Parasite. Ambition killer. COWARD." ACT II.Scene: A parked car on a lonely highway, with a full moonâ€"scented breezeâ€"starsâ€"etc.She: "Isn't it wonderfulâ€"I think the moon is wonderfulâ€"and the starsâ€"aren't they wonderful too." (Gazes at the moon).He (fighting): "No."She: "I think Byron, or Anonymous, or someone wrote a poem about 'A man and a maid at the dawn of life.' (takes his hand) I can't remember the rest but it's so beautifully pathetic."He: "I think it was damnably tragic."She: "No you don't. Look me in the eyes."He: "I will not. No, I can'tâ€"no, I mean I can."She (very closely): "Kiss me."He (losing control): "Noâ€"(thoroughly defeated) "OH"â€"(kisses her long and passionately and then kisses her some more.) A fast curtain.Page 353 |