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Scene 1
Tom introduces the play as a memory, warning the audience that what they're about to see is not realistic but emotionally true.
Scene 2
Amanda confronts Laura after discovering she dropped out of the business college weeks ago and has been spending her days walking around the city rather than attending class.
Scene 3
Tom and Amanda have a blowout argument. Amanda has been calling people to sell magazine subscriptions to earn money, and she's been interfering with Tom's writing.
Scene 4
Tom comes home drunk very late after spending the night at the movies. Laura lets him in.
Scene 5
Tom and Amanda have a rare moment of relative calm on the fire escape. Amanda asks Tom about the gentleman caller he mentioned, and Tom confirms he has invited a man from work nam…
Scene 6
Tom brings Jim O'Connor home for dinner without telling Amanda that Jim is the Gentleman Caller she has been preparing for.
Scene 7
The lights go out during dinner, and Tom admits he has not paid the electric bill because he spent the money on a merchant seaman's union fee.
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