occasionally leaps onstage and heaps verbal abuse on cast and crew.

(At paminsan-minsan ay tumatalon sa entablado ngunit ibubunton

ang masasakit na salita sa mga kasamahan at tauhan)

The night before Private Lives opened, Chip, Dino, and I were
sitting in the third row, armed with bags of potato chips and wrapped in
sweaters because the company believed in keeping to Broadway
conditions, including temperatures.

(Kinagabihan, bago magbukas ang ‘Private Lives’. Si Chip, Dino at

ako ay umupo sa pangatlong hilera, hawak hawak ang supot na may
lamang pagkain at nakabalot nang damit pang lamig, dahil
pinaniniwalaan ng mga kasama na upang mapanatili ang temperatura
sa loob, kinakailangang nasa kondisyon ito kung saan ito ay
mayroong malawak na daraanan.)

"I don't get it," said Dino, halfway through Act One.

(“Hindi kita maintindihan” wika ni Dino

"What?" Chip and I chorused.

“Ano?” sabay naming tugon ni Chip

"It's against the laws of probability. Why do they remarry

simultaneously, then meet on their honeymoons, then stay at the same
hotel, in adjacent suites?"

“Ito ay pinagbabawal at hindi naayon sa batas. Bakit sila

nagpapakasal nang paulit-ulit, pagkatapos ay magsasama pa rin sila sa
kanilang hanimun, at pagkatapos ano? sila ay mananatili lamang sa
parehas na bahay tuluyan at magkatabi pa?”

"Because," I said through gritted teeth, "if they didn't, there wouldn't
be a play. Now shut up and watch."

"Yeah, but..."

"Don't be an ass," Chip hissed.

"I resent that."

"Will you both shut up!"

They glared at each other, then leaned back in their seats just as Elyot/
Rick and Amanda/ you-know-who started bickering.

Elyot: You've upset everything, as usual.

Amanda: I've upset everything! What about you!

Elyot: Ever since the first moment I was unlucky enough to set eyes on
you, my life has been insupportable.

Amanda: Oh, do shut up, there's no sense in going on like this.

Elyot: Nothing's any use. There's no escape, ever. And then something
happened. For the first time in his career Rick stopped being his
character and became... himself.

Rick: For months I've been trying to get you out of my system but
nothing works! You think it's easy for me to be working in the same
company? To be in the same room with you! You have no idea what a
great actor I am! I pretend