Ellen Maguire and Ric Reid in Theatre New Brunswick's production of Wrong For Each Other. 1991 |
Wrong For Each Other is the story of Rudy and Norah, two people who once fell in love, got married and then got divorced. The story is told in a series of flashbacks as the two discuss their relationship during a chance meeting in a restaurant. The following scene takes place the morning after Rudy and Norah have made love for the first time. |
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RUDY: | So, did you have a good time last night? |
NORAH: | Which part of last night? |
RUDY: | Any part. All the parts. |
NORAH: | You want to know if I enjoyed the sex. |
RUDY: | No. No, I wasn't even thinking about that. |
NORAH: | You weren't? |
RUDY: | No. No. Well, maybe a bit. I mean, it crossed my mind. |
NORAH: | Yes, I did enjoy it. |
RUDY: | You did? |
NORAH: | Very much. |
RUDY: | Well, so did I. |
NORAH: | I know you did. |
RUDY: | What do you mean, you know? |
NORAH: | Well, you were loud. |
RUDY: | What? |
NORAH: | Loud. You made a lot of noise. |
RUDY: | What noise? |
NORAH: | You know? The noises you make when you make love. You're very loud. |
RUDY: | Oh. Well, sorry, I'll try and keep it down next time. |
NORAH: | No, it's fine. I don't mind loud. |
RUDY: | No, that's okay. You're right. I was loud. I guess I got carried away. I wasn't keeping you awake was I? Because the last thing I want to do is wake up the woman I'm making love to. |
NORAH: | I shouldn't have said anything. |
RUDY: | You know, you weren't exactly quiet. |
NORAH: | I know. |
RUDY: | You were pretty loud yourself. |
NORAH: | Rudy... |
RUDY: | Very loud, in fact. In fact, maybe that's why I was being loud. I was trying to be heard over you. |
NORAH: | I'm sorry. You're insulted, aren't you? |
RUDY: | No, I just didn't know I was being judged on volume. |
NORAH: | Well, now don't take it the wrong way. |
RUDY: | What way am I supposed to take it? I mean, I've never heard that before. Loudness. What kind of sexual barometer is that? |
NORAH: | It's not a sexual barometer. |
RUDY: | Whatever happened to endurance? Technique. I don't hear you talking about those. |
NORAH: | You have wonderful technique. |
RUDY: | What about endurance? |
NORAH: | Yes, you hung right in there. |
copyright 1992 Norm Foster |