Topdog/Underdog | Summary
Scene 1
The play opens on a Thursday evening in a boardinghouse room with Booth practicing his three-card monte routine over a board supported by two milk crates. He practices his patter, imagining that he has won a large sum of money. Lincoln, wearing a frock coat, top hat, and fake beard, sneaks up behind his brother, who whirls and pulls a gun.
Booth tells Lincoln to take off his disguise because he fears Lincoln’s getup will scare Grace, with whom Booth has a date the next day. Booth claims that Grace is in love with him, and that no man can love her...
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