China Doll is copyright © 2015 by David Mamet

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      ISBN 978-1-55936-831-5 (ebook)

      Book design and composition by Lisa Govan

      Cover design by Serino/Coyne

      First Edition, November 2015

       This play is dedicated to Al Pacino

      Contents

Production History

Characters

Scene

      Chapter One

      Chapter Two

      CHINA DOLL

       PRODUCTION HISTORY

      China Doll had its world premiere on Broadway at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre on November 19, 2015. It was directed by Pam MacKinnon. The scenic design was by Derek McLane, the costume design was by Jess Goldstein, the lighting design was by Russell H. Champa and the sound design was by Peter Fitzgerald. The cast was:

       CHARACTERS

      MICKEY ROSS, an older man

      CARSON, a younger man

SCENE

      An apartment

      One: Evening

      Two: Morning

      She drawled so sweetly and fixed her mouth in such an odd way that he was impelled to kiss her. “You clover blossom,” he would say to her, coming over and taking her by the arms. “You sprig of cherry bloom. You Dresden china dream.”

       —THEODORE DREISER, THE TITAN