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Ten Sentimental Speeches for the Lucky-in-Love<\/h3>\n \"\"<\/a><\/span>

Written by Amanda Grace<\/p>\n

February 10th, 2021<\/p>\n<\/font>

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Just because you’re taken, it doesn’t mean your heart stops breaking! ‘Tis the season for butterflies and\u00a0lovesickness, and these characters have them in boatloads.<\/p>\n

Love Sick <\/em>by Gabriel Davis<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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(Male, Dramatic, College 18-22, Young Adults 20s, Adults 30-40s)<\/strong><\/p>\n

This man is emetophobic: he\u2019s deathly scared of ever being ill. But when it comes to Jill, he\u2019s willing to risk the tummy troubles\u2014and he\u2019s come to tell her father just that.<\/p>\n

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From A Matter of Husbands<\/em> by Ferenc Molnar, trans. Benjamin Glazer<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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(Female, Serio-Comic, Young Adults 20s, Adults 30-40s)<\/strong><\/p>\n

A young wife suspects her husband is conducting an affair with a bombshell actress, so she does what any young wife in such a conundrum would: she sneaks into the woman\u2019s dressing room and confronts her with the evidence.<\/p>\n

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From Hearts<\/em> by Rosary O\u2019Neill<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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(Male, Dramatic, College 18-22, Young Adults 20s)<\/strong><\/p>\n

A critically ill young artist has to reject his family\u2019s fortune in order to pursue his passion-filled bohemian life, including his girlfriend, who he here tries to spare from the clutches of his monstrous mother.<\/p>\n

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From Anna Christie<\/em> by Eugene O\u2019Neill<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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(Female, Dramatic, College 18-22, Young Adults 20s)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sailor Mat Burke wants to marry Anna, but Anna\u2019s father forbids the marriage. Tired of being fought over like an object, Anna reveals that she\u2019s not as \u201cuntouched\u201d as her father would like to believe.<\/p>\n

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From The Awakening of Kate Chopin<\/em> by Rosary O\u2019Neill<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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(Male, Dramatic, Adults 30-40s)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kate Chopin, author of The Awakening<\/em>, must pick between her dying husband and her lover\u2026 who has just decided he must leave his family to be with her.<\/p>\n

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From Motley Fool<\/em> by K.M. Abbruzzese<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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(Female, Dramatic, Young Adults 20s, Adults 30-40s)<\/strong><\/p>\n

In this As You Like It<\/em>\u00a0spinoff,<\/em> years into Rosalind and Orlando\u2019s marriage, she\u2019s still wrapping her chest and dressing herself in men\u2019s clothing. Orlando takes issue with it, but Rosalind\u2019s had enough of putting on layers; here, she pleads with her husband to let her wear what makes her feel like a real person.<\/p>\n

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From The Enigma Variations<\/em> by Evan Guilford-Blake<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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(Male, Serio-Comic, High School 14-18, College 18-22)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Spring. 1920. Barrister-to-be Richard has already secured Edward\u2019s approval for his daughter\u2019s hand in marriage. All that\u2019s left to do is ask Isobel.<\/p>\n

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From Boys<\/em> by Ella Hickson<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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(Female, Dramatic, College 18-22)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sophie is having a secret relationship with Mack, but the even bigger secret none of their circle knows is that she used<\/em> to see Peter, who recently died by suicide. She\u2019s in love with Mack, but she was still with Peter when they started seeing each other, and Mack forced her to choose between them\u2014a moment she\u2019s still hanging onto now.<\/p>\n

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From Divinity Place<\/em> by Greg Jones Ellis<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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(Male, Dramatic, Young Adults 20s)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Buddy is a Presbyterian man in love with a Catholic woman, and their relationship is one of acceptance and common ground\u2014but their priest has just refused to go through with the wedding unless Buddy takes an oath to raise their children Catholic.<\/p>\n

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Selective Memory<\/em> by Annie Wood<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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(Female, Comedic, High School 14-18, College 18-22, Young Adults 20s, Adults 30-40s, Mature 50s)<\/strong><\/p>\n

In this stand-alone piece, a woman recalls her boyfriend\u2019s accusation that she \u201cruined the Beatles for him\u201d. As it turns out, this is a bit of a theme in her romantic life.<\/p>\n

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