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Sonja鈥檚 just left her husband for having a one-night stand with another woman. Jane鈥檚 just been left by her husband for having a one-night stand with another man. The two women meet one night in a bar--coincidentally, Jane is the other woman who slept with Sonja鈥檚 husband, though neither are aware. The two women discuss apologies, confidence, children, and the state of their marriages, all tiptoeing closer and closer to the truth of their relationship to one another.
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START: Sonja: Are you curious or just rude?
Jane: I鈥檓 sorry.
Sonja: Was I making a fool of myself?
Jane: What?
Sonja: Dancing by myself.
Jane: No.
Sonja: Good.
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END: Sonja: Because I鈥檓 Sonja鈥� Leon鈥檚 wife.
Jane: I know.
Sonja looks at her. Hold. Jane starts to go.
Sonja: Jane.
Jane: Don鈥檛 say anything. It鈥檚 best. Don鈥檛 you think?
Jane leaves.
Music. Sonja starts to dance.
For full extended monologue, please refer to the script edition cited here: Bovell, Andew, Speaking in Tongues, Nick Hern Books, 1998, p. 33-41.
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