- Are you ready, Virge?

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- Anytime.

Turn him out!

- BO:
Ya-hoo!

- VIRGE:
Go get him, Bo!

Make time, Bo! Get on him, Bo!

Turn him over, Bo!

Get him over! Get him over!

Good time! Good!

What was my time?

- Five-eight.

- Five...

That's good enough to win just about

every prize they got at that rodeo!

I'll give to you a paper of pins

And that's the way our love begins

If you will marry me, me, me

If you will marry me

I'll give to you a feathery bed

With downypillows for your head

If you will marry me, me, me

If you will marry me

But you don't want my paper or pins

And you don't want my feathery bed

You want my house and money instead

That is plain to see

Well, here they are

Take everything

My house, my money

My wedding ring

And in the bargain I'll throw in me

If you will marry me

Bo, when you was five,

I just throwed you on a horse, smack!

And there you was ridin'.

- Remember?

- Yup.

When you was eight,

I throwed you in the creek, splash!

And there you was swimmin'.

- Ain't that right?

- Sure, Virge.

Splash!

Bo, you're 21 years old

and we're on our way to

a big city, Phoenix, Arizona.

It's time you met up with a gal.

A gal?

Oh, it ain't nothin' to be scared of.

In a way, women and swimmin'

is pretty much the same.

You got good reflexes, Bo.

You'll make out just fine.

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(HORN HONKS)

So long, Bo.

Bring back some prize money.

Take it easy, Orville!

Two for Phoenix, Arizona.

We goin' down for the rodeo.

I figure I'm gonna win me just about

every prize they got down there.

Well, that's nice.

Now sit down someplace.

You got a long ride ahead of you.

VIRGE:
Bo, the lady's hat!

- Oh, sorry, ma'am.

- Why don't you look where you're goin'?

It was an accident, sir.

He ain't used to travelin'.

- This is his first time off the ranch.

- Virge, that's a lie!

That's a lie and you know it!

I been all the way to Helena.

That was when he was 12 years old

to have his tonsils out.

Well, that still counts!

Here, give me that.

(ALL SINGING)

If you will marry me, me, me

If you will marry me

I'll give to you a petticoat red

All stitched around

with golden thread...

Virge?

I've been thinkin'.

You know, about what you said.

What was that?

You know. About me findin' a gal.

Oh, what... What about it, Bo?

I don't know anythingabout gals, Virge.

Nothin' at all.

Well, that's what I mean.

It's about time you learned.

It ain't nothin' to be scared of, Bo.

You know how much you like swimmin'

when you got used to it.

Besides, I know the idea

crossed your mind once or twice.

I seen you lookin' at them

pictures in Orville's magazines.

I'll give to you a feathery bed

With downypillows for your head...

Maybe I glanced at them pictures

a couple of times.

But if I do find me a gal,

it ain't gonna be one of them gals

from all those magazines.

I already decided.

I'm gonna get me a

angel.

- An angel?

- That's right.

I wouldn't set my sights

too high if I were you, Bo.

You just figure on pickin' out

some plain-lookin' little ol' gal,

with a cooperatin' nature

and a good personality.

I mean, we gotta be realistic.

What's some angelgonna want

with a cowhand like you?

What's that got to do with it?

That steer this mornin',

he didn't wanna get throwed, did he?

Well, I throwed him.

Some wild horse you're breakin',

he don't wanna get broke, do he?

But you don't let what he wants stop you.

What makes you think

a girl's any different?

This trip is gonna be mighty educational.

Kiss me quick and go, my honey

Kiss me quick and go to cheat sur...

Listen, Virge.

I'm gonna find me an angel.

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Bus Stop is a 1955 play by William Inge. The 1956 film of the same name was 'opened up' in the beginning to include scenes on the bus and in places away from the diner.

Characters[edit]

Bus Stop is a drama, with romantic and some comedic elements. It is set in a diner in rural Kansas, about 25 miles west of Kansas City, Missouri during a snowstorm from which bus passengers must take shelter. The characters are:

• Grace Hoylard – Owner of the diner. She is 40ish, and pretty in a fading, hard-bitten way. She has a passionate side to her nature, loving a good fight and the attentions of a good man.
• Elma Duckworth – An intelligent, but naive and impressionable high school girl. She is Grace's waitress.
• Will Masters – The local sheriff. Brusque in manner, but goodhearted and a staunch Christian, described as a 'deacon of his church'. A highly 'moral' man in the general sense of the word.
• Dr. Gerald Lyman – A college philosophy professor who is articulate and charming but cannot hold a position, partially due to his resistance to any kind of authority, and partially due to his unfortunate taste for young women. He also has an obvious drinking problem.
• Cherie – A pretty young woman who comes from a difficult 'hill folk' background, and has left her innocence far behind. She is an aspiring nightclub singer, but has never worked in any establishment above the level of 'cheap dive'.
• Bo Decker – A brash young cowboy with boorish manners that hide a naivete almost as profound as Elma's. He has convinced himself that Cherie will be his bride, though Cherie wants nothing to do with him.
• Virgil Blessing – An older, wiser cowboy who has become a father figure to Bo (who was orphaned at the age of 10) as well as Bo's head ranch hand.
• Carl – The bus driver, who has an ongoing 'just passing through' relationship with Grace. As referenced repeatedly, this is purely sexual in nature.

Synopsis[edit]

The play is set in a diner about 25 miles west of Kansas City in early March 1955. A freak snowstorm has halted the progress of the bus, and the eight characters (five on the bus) have a weather-enforced layover in the diner from approximately 1 am to 5 am. Romantic or quasi-romantic relationships include Grace and Carl, Professor Lyman and Elma, and Cherie and Bo. Virgil and Will are the older authority figures outside the relationships.

Broadway[edit]

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Bus Stop opened on March 2, 1955 and closed on April 21, 1956, running for a total of 478 performances. The opening night starred Albert Salmi as Bo and Kim Stanley as Cherie, and the play was directed by Harold Clurman.

The play was nominated for four Tony Awards in 1956: Best Play (written by William Inge; produced by Robert Whitehead and Roger L. Stevens); Best Featured Actress in a Play (Elaine Stritch); Best Scenic Design (Boris Aronson); and Best Director (Harold Clurman).

In 1996, there was a short-lived revival of the play that ran for 29 performances.

There was also a musical, again involving Logan, titled Cherry (1972).

Revivals[edit]

In 2010 and 2011 Bus Stop received three productions in Great Britain including an acclaimed production directed by James Dacre that played at the New Vic and Stephen Joseph Theatres. The Guardian wrote of this production that 'there is something beguiling about this forlorn slice of Americana, which mediates on the distances between towns and the distances between people, like an Edward Hopper painting with dialogue.'

Film[edit]

In 1956, Joshua Logan directed a film adaptation of the play starring Marilyn Monroe as Cheri and Don Murray as Bo.

Television[edit]

In August 1982, Bus Stop was presented on HBO, a special filmed performance of the play at the Claremont Theater in California, directed by Peter Hunt. It starred Tim Matheson as Bo Decker and Margot Kidder as Cherie.

The play became a 26-episode American drama series that aired on ABC from October 1, 1961 until March 25, 1962.

External links[edit]

• Bus Stop at the Boston University Theatre at ArtsEditor
• Bus Stop (1955 production) at the Internet Broadway Database
• Bus Stop (1996 revival) at the Internet Broadway Database
• Bus Stop (1982 TV movie) on IMDb