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center;\">Setting<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Central Park, NYC &#8211; The Present &#8211; Christmas Eve<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">A Day in the Life of Eleanor Duncan<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>As the curtain rises, we hear an old ballad playing softly in the background and we see a park bench at center stage. Behind the bench is an iron fence, and hanging between the fence and the bench is an old blanket which forms a sort of makeshift tent. There is a working street lamp upstage, a trash can downstage and around the bench and the ground are a number of old newspapers and books, and a large shopping bag that contains ELEANOR&#8217;S belongings. As the music continues, we see ELEANOR DUNCAN slowly emerge from the tent. She is dressed in old, worn clothing but she appears clean and neat, as if she takes great pride in her appearance. She stretches, taking deep breaths and then stands on one leg and then the other in Yoga fashion. She straightens her coat and proceeds to remove the blanket, folding it neatly and placing it behind the bench. She then removes a toothbrush from her pocket and a bottle of water from the bag and brushes her teeth. As she continues to carry out her morning ablutions, JOEY enters wearing a winter coat, a stocking cap and carrying ice skates over his\/her shoulder. JOEY sits down on the bench and starts to put on his\/her skates as ELEANOR goes to search the trash can. After a moment, she comes up with half of a hamburger on a roll. She wipes it on her sleeve, looks it over, and walks back to the bench where she spots JOEY.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>ELEANOR<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Well, good morning to you, dear child. My name is Eleanor Duncan, welcome to my home.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>(JOEY looks around confused)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>So pleased you decided to stop by on this lovely Christmas Eve.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>(ELEANOR sits and JOEY continues to stare at her)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Would you like to share my breakfast with me?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>JOEY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No thanks&#8230;it doesn&#8217;t look very good.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>ELEANOR<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No? It&#8217;s almost a whole bun&#8230; see&#8230;and it even has a bit of ketchup on it. Very healthy&#8230;tomatoes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>JOEY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But it&#8217;s garbage.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>ELEANOR<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Only if you&#8217;re not hungry. What did you say your name was?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>JOEY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You took it out of the trash can, lady.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>ELEANOR<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yes, I did. That&#8217;s where some of the best things are.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>JOEY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You live here?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>ELEANOR<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>(Takes a big bite)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s nice, isn&#8217;t it? This is one of the choicest spots in the whole park. \u00a0Do you by chance have the time&#8230;uh, what was your name?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>JOEY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s Joey. I don&#8217;t have a clock, lady, but I got an ice skate lesson at ten-thirty, so it must be close to that.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>ELEANOR<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thank you, Joey, that&#8217;s very helpful. Would you mind holding this?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>(ELEANOR hands the burger to JOEY who looks at it as if it was alive. ELEANOR takes out an old pocket watch and adjusts the time. She then puts the watch away and takes back the burger as JOEY finishes putting on his skates.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>JOEY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lady?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>ELEANOR<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yes, Joey.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>JOEY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Why do you live here?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>ELEANOR<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Because this is my home. Where do you live?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>JOEY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Over there at the Dakota&#8230;on the third floor. We have an elevator with a guy in a red coat.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>ELEANOR<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s where John Lennon lived, you know.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>JOEY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Who?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>ELEANOR<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>(Laughs)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Well, I don&#8217;t have an elevator, I&#8217;m afraid.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>JOEY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Did you ever have one?<\/p>\n<p><strong>ELEANOR<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An elevator? No&#8230;I never did. I lived in the Bronx&#8230;on 33<sup>rd<\/sup> Street. Do you know where that is?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>JOEY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No&#8230;but my Gramma lives in Brooklyn. She has a poodle.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>ELEANOR<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Oh&#8230;is she nice?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>JOEY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Who&#8230;the poodle?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>ELEANOR<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>(Laughs)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>No&#8230;I meant your Grandmother.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>JOEY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yeah&#8230;she&#8217;s pretty nice. She always has stiff hair and sleeps with a thing on her head.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>ELEANOR<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Uh huh.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>JOEY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yeah&#8230;and she always has marshmallows with coconut on &#8217;em.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>ELEANOR<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I see.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>JOEY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yeah&#8230;I hate coconut.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>ELEANOR<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My grandmother always had molasses cookies with white icing.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>JOEY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>How could you have a Grandma&#8230;you&#8217;re old?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>ELEANOR<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Well, my dear, I wasn&#8217;t always old. But she passed&#8230;a long time ago. 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