"Touches the heart in the right places." - The Toronto Globe and Mail
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| Michelle Fisk as Mary in the Canadian Stage production of The Melville Boys. 1986. Photo by Michael Cooper. |
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In the following scene, married man Lee Melville, and Mary, a woman he met earlier in the day, have just returned from a dance at the local Legion Hall and are discussing Mary's husband who left her two years earlier. |
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| LEE: | So, do you have any idea where he is? |
| MARY: | Who? |
| LEE: | Your husband. |
| MARY: | Oh. Uh, well, he's probably down south somewhere. He always said he wanted to move south. I would've moved with him, but he never asked. |
| LEE: | Well, if you don't mind my saying so, this guy sounds like a jerk. |
| MARY: | Yeah, I thought so too at the time. |
| LEE: | And what about now? |
| MARY: | Now? Now I wish he'd come back. |
| LEE: | Come back? You wouldn't take him back? |
| MARY: | Sure. Why not? |
| LEE: | After all this time? After the way he left? |
| MARY: | I miss him. I guess I still love him. |
| LEE: | The man took your car! He didn't tell you he was leaving. He didn't even have the decency to tell you why! |
| MARY: | I think he felt trapped. |
| LEE: | Oh, come on. That's the oldest excuse in the world. Everybody feels trapped. Don't you think I feel trapped once in a while? |
| MARY: | How should I know? I met you this morning. |
| LEE: | Well, I do. A lot of the time. |
| MARY: | So, why don't you leave? |
| LEE: | We're not talking about me. We're talking about your husband. I can't believe you'd take him back. Is this what you've been doing for the past two years? Sitting around waiting for this clown to come home with your car? |
| MARY: | You know, you're taking this harder than I did. |
| LEE: | He's probably sold the car. You realize that. I mean, as far as he's concerned, it's party time. And that's what you should be thinking too. You should forget him. Find somebody else. Start dating. |
| MARY: | Who says I haven't been dating? |
| LEE: | Not if you've been waiting around for him, you haven't been. |
| MARY: | Well, what about tonight? |
| LEE: | What about tonight? |
| MARY: | Isn't this a date? |
| LEE: | (Getting nervous) What...this? You mean, you and me? No, this is not a date. |
| MARY: | Well, what is it then? |
| LEE: | Uh...well..it's more like a car pool. |
| MARY: | A car pool?! |
| Copyright 1984 Norm Foster |
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