无忧小品剧本网 导航首页 剧本搜索 热门剧本 剧本论坛 【网友必看】 « 10人英语话剧剧本-LOHENGRIN多人英语话剧剧本-The Wizard of OZ »5人英语话剧剧本-Yes Means No(似是而非)2009-5-2912:15 Summary: Teddy Lawson is going to marry Edith Merrill and he asks his father, Mr. Lawson, to finance his honeymoon. However, Teddy's father wants him to learn to say NO first because Teddy always says YES to everyone who makes a request. They make a deal that Mr Lawson will give Teddy one hundred dollars for every time Teddy says NO in half an hour, but if Teddy says YES just once, Teddy forfeits every NO—Mr. Lawson's secretary, Miss Collins, will make the strict account of every NO. In order to have a nice honeymoon, Teddy tries hard to carry out his father’s orders and answer NO as many as possible to everything asked, even though he is running the risks of breaking his father's deal with T. J。
Morgan and losing his own sweet heart,Edith Merrill...TEDDY: (Coming to his father's desk L.) Dad, there's something I want to tell you. LAWSON: Oh, is that so! What is it? TEDDY: Well, Dad, I’ve just proposed to Edith Merrill and she's accepted me. LAWSON: Going to get married, eh? When do you intend doing this? TEDDY: Right away. That's why I wanted to see you, and of course I know you'll finance the honeymoon LAWSON: Oh.. I will, will I? (Pounds desk, rises and comes to Teddy C.) I’ll tell you that I'm ashamed of you. You haven't any backbone.。
you can't say NO! I left you in charge of my business last week just to see how you'd conduct it And you did great. Ha!. If I’d stayed away another week, you’d have ruined me (Strolls up C.) TEDDY: I did the best I could! LAWSON: Then you'd make a fine business man (Coming down C.)The most essential thing in a business man's life is to be able to say "NO" At all times NO. Especially in a credit business like mine. But you said YES to everyone who asked for extra time. (Takes a few steps L.) TEDDY: But they always cried to me and I just couldn’t say "no." LAWSON: Well, you'll learn to say "no” before I finance any honeymoon. (Lawson is below desk L. Phone rings, Lawson turns to his desk, grabs phone quickly and sits down.)Lawson talking。
(Listens a second NO!!!I... said. (Listens again.)Then I'll foreclose That's final.. NO! (Lawson hangs up receiver Turns to Teddy.)That's how I make my money.. being able to say NO. NO. (Pounds desk with each ”No!" Rises and comes to Teddy C.) And that's the way I want my son to be before he shoulders the responsibility of marriage TEDDY: Well, give me another chance, Dad. and I'll try to make good LAWSON: (He sneers the last word and takes a stroH up C Do you mean it?TEDDY: You betl do LAWSON: (Coming down L of Teddy.) TEDDY: All right。
. I'll give you another chance. You want money for a honeymoon?.Very well! You take charge of this office while I go to lunch and I’ll give you one hundred dollars for every time you say NO. LAWSON: One hundred dollars? TEDDY: Right! Do you think you can do it? LAWSON: I'll try TEDDY: (Crosses R to Miss Collins Miss Collins, I want you to remain in this office with my son while I'm gone. You can sit at my desk. (Miss Collins doesn't move immediately.) NOW!(She jumps and crosses stage.) COLLINS: Yes, sir! LAWSON: (Crosses L。
And I don’t want you to leave it for a second Understand? (Miss Collins nods) And I want you to keep strict account of every time my son says NO But remember, if he answers YES just once. he forfeits every ”NO." (Turning to Teddy.)Are you on? TEDDY: Yes (He realizes what he has said and clasps hand over his mouth.) LAWSON: (Crossing R to door, taking coat and hat from hall-tree.) Very well. You'll be in charge here for one—half hour (Looks at watch) Now remember not one ”Yes"... It must be "NO" to everything。
(Lawson exits and slams door.) (Teddy stands for a second smiling. Phone rings, and he rushes across stage to phone on desk L, and picking it up shouts into it TEDDY: NO.. POSITIVELY NO! (Hangs up. Strolls across stage, grinning at Miss Collins, who is amazed.) That’s two.. put them down COLLINS: (Writing.) Yes, sirPhone rings Teddy grabs it again, while Miss Collins warns him to be careful.) You better hear who it is, sir. It may be important. TEDDY: Hello? (Repeating what is said to him Is Mr. Lawson in? NO! Do I mind speaking for him? NO! What?.。
NO! COLLINS: (Rising and pleading.) Don't you think you’d better hang up, sir? TEDDY: (To Miss Collins.) No. Put them all down.. there were five of them. (Into phone.) No, no, no! (Raising three fingers to Miss Collins.) I wasn't talking to you I was talking to Mr. Lawson's secretary What? No! I should worry? No! (Hangs up. Laughing heartily at his results so far.) COLLINS: (Fearfully.) Aren’t you going a little too far, sir? TEDDY: No! There’s another Are you keeping strict account of them? (Crosses to desk L。
How many are there? COLLINS: Just just thirteen,。