in borrowed robes.

“Shit!”—Live that “shit!” Own it! Embrace it!—Listen up! All of Part Two, Act Three hangs on this word: “Shit!” Enunciate and project as best you can! Think of this “Shit!” as your character’s entire past life, her bland history, her best years happily wasted, her petty ambitions that stayed just that: ambitions. Bring in blind rage, roaring emptiness, the charm of a Southern girl peeping across the barn door, a lackadaisical lover with unjustified devotion, the urge to surpass and conquer all that’s despicable while clinging to that modicum of comforting rejection by a hostile yet embracing society of quasi-equals. Gaslight the audience! Make them regret they bought the ticket! And make them admire you for that single word. See my point? Pack all that into a tender “Shit!” Can you do that? Look: the script reads S—H—I—T—exclamation mark. Instead, try to think of the spelling like: exclamation mark—two question marks—a couple of asterisks—an ‘at’ sign in bold—an S—an H—and an I—three dots—an ampersand—and then a massive and resoundingly muted T! That’s more or less how I envisage this line. Does this help?