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1. Despite being afflicted with Narcolepsy and Melancholia, I am cast as the assassin of Jean-Paul Marat by the Marquis De Sade.
2. Although my husband had been at war for the past five months, of all the women gathered to take Lysistrata's oath of celibacy, I was by far the most reluctant.
3. Born to nobility, I engage in a seductive battle for power with one of my father's servants, ultimately crumbling when faced with freedom.
4. My belief that my son is the true King gives me strength and identity. When he is taken from me, I beg Death to take me as his mistress.
5. I am the title character in a play by George Bernard Shaw, but I am also the subject of Jean Anouilh's "The Lark".
6. After he accidentally summons me from beyond, I try to kill my husband Charles, but end up killing his new wife instead.
7. You may know me by this line, "I have always depended on the kindness of strangers".
8. I killed my children to get back at their father when he left me for the daughter of a king.
9. Some of my favorite pastimes include Humiliate the Host and Get the Guests.
10. I would NEVER allow my daughter "to marry into a cloak-room, and form an alliance with a parcel".
11. As part of the old aristocracy, I have no head for business and ultimately lose my childhood home to Lopahkin, the son of a servant.
12. I may not have the largest part to play in this Shakespearian history, but I use my little time wisely to spew curses on Edward IV, Edward V, Queen Elizabeth, Rivers, Dorset, Hastings and, of course the title character.
13. I encourage my porpoise's...I mean to say patient's roommate, Bob, to act out his frustrations...with a gun. Wackiness ensues.
14. After shooting my husband in the stomach, I made a pitcher of lemonade.
15. As I told the Gooch, "Life's a banquet and most poor suckers are starving to death!"
16. After poisoning my husband, I thought I'd be free to love Adam and flaunted that fact in front of my daughter. I never thought she'd convince my beloved son to kill Adam out of jealousy. What else could I do, but take my own life?
17. It's always been my view that "When one woman strikes at the heart of another she seldom misses, and the wound is invariably fatal."
18. Of all the ladies in the asylum, I may actually be who I say I am...
19. Although never seen onstage, the fate of my character lays at the heart of "An Inspector Calls" by J.B. Priestley.
20. I stole Mary's husband when I sold him a bottle of "Summer Rain" perfume.
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