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Jonathan Brewster, a homicidal maniac, has returned to the home of his youth, accompanied by Dr. Einstein, his plastic surgeon. Jonathan has decided that he and Einstein will stay at Aunt Abby and Aunt Martha鈥檚 house, and Einstein will give him a new face (currently, Jonathan looks like Boris Karloff). The aunts are distressed at this news, especially since they have a new gentleman (poisoned by Abby) to bury in their cellar. They tell their other nephew Teddy (who believes that he is Theodore
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Martha: Abby, what are we going to do?
Abby: Well, we're not going to let them stay more than one night in this house for one thing. What would the neighbors think? People coming in here with one face and going out with another.
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Martha: 鈥� Abby, I鈥檝e never even seen Mr. Hoskins.
Abby: Oh, my goodness, that鈥檚 right--you were out. Well, you just come right over and see him now. He鈥檚 really very nice looking--considering he鈥檚 a Methodist.
For the full extended scene, refer to Joseph Kesselring, Arsenic and Old Lace. Dramatists Play Service, 1969. pp. 45-46.
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