Chamber Music by Arthur Kopit

Chamber Music

by Arthur Kopit

Character: Woman in an a n Aviatrix Outfit

I am Amelia Earhart. That is to say, I am Amelia Amelia Earhart. And I want to get out of here. One of  the main reasons for this this is that I¶m I¶m not insane. insane. In fact, I¶m not even exceptionally exceptionally neurotic. I am simply Amelia Earhart and I want to get the hell out. Well go on, check check the records if if you you like. It¶s all down there²I¶m not not lying. July second, 1937. That¶s the day I crashed. Right out there on the lawn. Look, my plane¶s still there. Well, true, they¶ve turned it into a playground playground for lost children, true it¶s it¶s not the plane it used to be. be. The valiant, gallant plane it it used to be. But still, still, that shouldn¶t shouldn¶t matter. The shape of it should should be enough. Well if you you don¶t believe me, go ask Fred Noonan. Go ask my trusted friend and navigator, Frederick the Great Noonan. Noonan. Over there, behind those formidable formidable walls, they¶ve got him  prisoner, too. Well go on if you don¶t believe me! Go ask him if what I say isn¶t true. Stop laughing. Stop laughing. Stop. I really am telling you you the truth, you see. I really am Amelia Earhart. And I¶m growing old in here.