Steel Magnolias Play Script

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  1. Steel Magnolias Stage Play Script Author: electionsdev.calmatters.org-2021-05-26T00:00:00+00:01 Subject: Steel Magnolias Stage Play Script Keywords: steel, magnolias, stage, play, script Created Date: 5/26/2021 3:39:13 AM.
  2. “Harling has given his women sharp, funny dialogueThe play builds to a conclusion that is deeply moving.” —NY Daily News. “a skillfully crafted, lovingly evoked picture of eccentricity in the small-town SouthRobert Harling is a new voice in the theatre and the qualities of STEEL MAGNOLIAS suggest he may be an important one.

Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling. Hilarious and touching, this play for six women is set in a beauty parlour in Louisiana. Steel Magnolias was produced for the Broadway stage and opened in April of 2005. The play starred Delta Burke, Christine Ebersole, Rebecca Gayheart, Marsha Mason, Lily Rabe, and Frances Sternhagen. It was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play. The Lifetime Television Network made an.

I.
Steel Magnolias (written by: Robert Harling) takes place in a small town (Chinquapin, Louisiana) beauty shop owned by Truvy Jones. At the beginning of Act I, Scene I (Page seven), before any dialogue starts, it states “The curtain rises on Truvy’s Beauty Shop” in the stage directions. Truvy says “… meet the former First Lady of Chinquapin…” In Act I ,Scene I, Page nine. In Act II, Scene II, Page sixty-eight Clairee says “… Most of Chinquapin Parish’d give their eyeteeth…”. During the entire play the stage directions constantly have statements about hair products and beauty supplies, also the characters say things like ” She just thinks I’m getting a Trim” (Shelby, Act II, Scene I, page forty-six) which leads the reader to believe the play takes place in a beauty shop the entire time. The author, Robert Harling, chose the beauty shop as the place of the play because it is where the women that inspired this story would go to connect with each other, and that is exactly what they do in the play. All of the characters in Steel Magnolias treat the Beauty shop as a gathering place and somewhere to bond and share with the friends they have stayed with their entire lives, on page 64 it even states that Truvy only opened her shop on that day just in case M’Lynn decided she needed somebody to talk to.
II.
The play takes place during the eighties, during several different seasons. At the beginning of the play the season late summer/early fall, it is never said exactly when it is but later in the act the stage directions state that it is later in the year near Christmas ( very beginning of Act I, Scene II, [page thirty-one]). During Act I, Scene II Shelby announces “Merry Christmas” (page thirty-five) Later In the play during Act II the stage directions state ” It is in June eighteen months later”. The Play takes place during business hours of the beauty shop (between 9-6), most of it takes place midday. In Act II, Scene II it is near Christmas once again. The author chose the time of the play in each scene because a major life event happened to Shelby. During Act I, Scene I Shelby was getting married, during Act I Scene II she became pregnant, during Act II, Scene I she had just had her baby, and during Act II, Scene II she had just passed away.
III.
Before the play started Shelby’s father, Drum, had been shooting at birds so they would stay away from the magnolia ree split between their and Ouiser’s yard.The gunshots also scare Ouiser’s dog and causes his fur to fall out. (this is stated in Act I, Scene I, pages twenty-seven and twenty eight. It is also stated that Clairee’s husband had recently passed away.and the had built the new park in his honor.(Mentioned in Act I, Scene I page 9.) As well as Clairee’s Husband, Ouiser’s husband had also passed away.(Act II,SceneII, page 69)
IV.
Act I, Scene I: During this scene, Annelle arrives in town, and gets a job at Truvy’s Beauty Shop. When she first starts her job she is introduced to the rest if the characters in the play(Clairee, Shelby, M’Lynn and Ouiser). In this scene it is also announced that Shelby is getting married, and the tension between Ouiser and Drum is first revealed.
Act I, Scene II: During this scene Shelby announces that she will be having a baby even though she has been strongly advised not to by doctors, because she is diabetic. Also Annelle’s new found faith is also announced, it is around Christmas and everybody is anticipating the Christmas festival.
Act II, Scene I: it is now over a year from the previous scene. It is discovered that Shelby has already had her baby, jack jr., and despite having him three months premature he has destroyed her kidneys. She and her mother had been hiding the fact that she was now on dialysis, and the ladies at the shop find out only days before M’Lynn undergoes surgery to donate a kidney to her daughter.
Act II, Scene II: It is almost Christmas again, Shelby has passed away. The kidney transplant failed, and after being in a coma for a month her parents decided that it was her time to pass and took her off of life support. Everybody is coping with her death, M’Lynn has an emotional outbreak but is reconciled by the love of her dearest friends. The play ends on a positive note.
The most important event is Shelby having a baby, even though she is strongly advised not to and later struggling with the aftermath. Shelby is the main character, with the problem at hand. M’Lynn is the character that encourages her not to have the baby but ultimately helps her daughter even though she goes against her advice. The rest if the characters just serve a role of giving emotional support to Shelby and her worried mother.
The climax of the play is when the group finds out Shelby was on dialysis and was in need of a kidney that would be donated by M’Lynn, her mother. It serves as the climax because until that point everything with Shelby’s pregnancy seemed to be fine, and afterward she had passed away from complications with the transplant and dialysis.

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Morning.

Good morning.

Morning.

Get your fingers

out of the icing.

Tommy Lee,

get your fingers

out of the frosting.

[Bang]

Wave those flags, son.

Get out of there!

Yeah!

Hit them again!

Get out of here!

Get out of them

trees, damn it!

Aah!

[Bang Bang]

Yeah! Get 'em!

Migrate south,

will you?

Mama.

Mama!

Three more radios

for you, Shelby.

Not now, Tommy.

Mama, this nail polish

is drying way too dark.

Practically paint my foot.

Looks like a stuck pig

bled all over my hands.

I'm sure I have

something that will do.

Oh, no.

It has

to be delicate.

If I don't

have something,

I will send your brothers

to get delicate pink

nail polish.

Mama, there's...

Just a minute.

Great idea, Mama.

I'd love to see what the boys

would pick out.

Delivery man!

Someone stop that truck!

Stop that...

Aah!

Don't put ice

down my back!

You should have

drowned them at birth.

Shelby.

See if you can get this.

Mama, my nails are wet.

Shelby.

Ma'am.

Would you look

at those, please?

Myrtle, hi.

[Bang]

Hold on, please.

I'm going to get you

right now!

[Bang]

Drum, sweetheart,

I'm on the phone!

[Bang]

Stop that now!

I can't hear myself think!

[Bang]

Myrtle, the champagne glasses,

they're all broken.

Help.

Spud!

[Television Plays]

Spud, turn off

that stupid television.

Get in here and finish

dyeing theseeaster eggs.

I ran out of stuff.

That's why God

invented the A&P.

I got to work

on the truck.

No. You got

to get the lead out.

Yes, ma'am.

I live to serve.

If those eggs are not

at the church by noon,

they don't get hidden.

[Door Slams]

Are you listening

to me, Spud?

Mrs. Jones?

Are you Annelle?

Oh, you sweet thing.

Come on in.

Excuse me.

And pick up my green dress

at the cleaners!

Am I interrupting

something?

No. I'm just screaming

at my husband.

I can do that anytime.

Please, call me Truvy.

Truvy. Thank you.

Mama, look at this.

This was in

the hall closet.

What is it?

Rubbers.

Tommy says

Jonathan's planning

to cover the honeymoon

getaway car with these.

Please stop him!

Keep your voice down.

Keep your voice...

Jonathan!

Boys, I want

to talk to you.

Tommy. Jonathan!

Tommy!

Jonathan, don't you

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decorate your sister's car

with condoms!

It's tacky!

It's like talking

to a brick wall.

[Bang]

If he's trying

to drive me crazy,

it's too late.

There must be a better way

to get rid of those birds.

We could cut down

all our trees

or change

the migratory patterns

of NorthAmerican birds.

You told him

to get rid of them.

I had no idea

he would alienate

the entire neighborhood.

The neighborhood

would be more alienated

if they got covered

in bird sh*t

at my reception.

Pretty talk.

You have to be so crude?

[Coughing]

Okay.

Oops.

I see a hole.

Yeah. I was hoping

you'd catch that.

It's a little bit pouffier

than I wouldnormally do,

but I'm nervous.

Oh, I'm not worried

about that.

I usually wrap

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my entire head in toilet paper

when I go to bed,

so it gets

pretty smooshed down

in that process, anyway.

In my class

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at the trade school,

I was number one

in frosting

and streaking.

I did my own.

Really?

That's good.

And I can usually

spot a bottle job

at 20 paces.

Your technique

is really good.

Thanks.

I think your form and content

will improve with time.

So, best I can tell, young lady,

you've just landedyourself a job.

Oh! Great!

Oh, thank you!

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Oh, thank you,

Miss Truvy.

No time for thanks

this morning.

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We'll be busier than

a one-armed paper hanger.

Here.

Let me help you.

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I got it.

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You got hairs and fuzzies