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Anna and John are both studying acting at college and they are rehearsing a scene from Moliere's Tartuffe. They are dating and Anna grows uncomfortable with how provocatively John is playing the scene. While she plays it stiffly, his every line is overtly sexual. When she calls him out on his behavior, John expresses his frustration that their relationship has not moved forwards enough.
This scene leads into "What Do I Think Of Me".
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JOHN/TARTUFFE
Madam, I am overjoyed.
'Tis sweet to find myself alone with you.
This is an opportunity I've asked
Of Heaven, many a time; till now, in vain.
ANNA/ELMIRE
Tartuffe, All that I wish, is just a word from you,
Quite frank and open, hiding nothing from me.
JOHN/TARTUFFE
I too could wish, as Heaven's especial favour,
To lay my soul quite open to your
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