(Continued) Character Note

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(Continued) means just that: A Character's speech is too long to finish at the bottom of the page. So the dialogue has to carry over for that Character.


								I-2

				JOAN [Continued]
	alone.  Is that what you call . . .
			(Softer)
	doing nothing?

A (Continued) simply alerts the reader and performer that this is not a new speech when they turn the page.

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