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Film
duologue
drama
1 Character

I Must Leave

from Hamnet

Written by Chloé Zhao, Maggie O'Farrell

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Hamnet

A tense, resigned, sorrowful, conflicted WILL & AGNES's duologue from "Hamnet" by Chloé Zhao & Maggie O'Farrell.

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INT. HENLEY HOUSE - KITCHEN - MORNING NEXT DAY

WILL

Agnes. I will send word.

AGNES

Send word? To whom?

(She keeps her eyes down, not paying attention.)

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CharactersWILL & AGNES
Duration2-3 minutes
Age Range30s-40s
Gendermixed
Genredrama
PeriodContemporary
Formatduologue
SourceHamnet
Tonetense, resigned, sorrowful, conflicted
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