'Putting [the John Locke quote at the beginning of THE AMERICA PLAY] and also in the program notes may encourage people to think about the idea of America in addition to the actual day-to-day reality of America. 'In the beginning all the world was America.' All the world was an uncharted place, a blank slate, and since that beginning everyone's been filling it with tshatshkes, which we who come next receive and must do something with.'-- Suzan-Lori Parks
Typical sources of these
A solitude ten thousand fathoms deep Sustains the bed on which we lie, my dear; Although I love you, you will have to leap; Our dream of safety has to disappear. W. H. Audenfrom Craig Lucas.
"I could escape this feeling With my China girl ..." -- David Bowie & Iggy Popfrom David Henry Hwang.
ALWAYS BE CLOSING Practical Sales Maximfrom David Mamet.
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