The Country Girl

Bernie Dodd:
Does your wife really want you to play this part?

Frank Elgin:
Yeah, she's all for it.

Bernie Dodd:
I was just wondering. The day I met her, she seemed a little difficult about terms and rather domineering, I thought.

Frank Elgin:
She wasn't always like that.

Bernie Dodd:
Oh I know, I know. They all start out as Juliets and wind up as Lady Macbeths.

Georgie Elgin:
Let's say I try my small way to help.

Bernie Dodd:
That's what my ex-wife used to keep me reminding of, cheerfully. She had a theory that behind every great man there was a great woman. She also was thoroughly convinced that she was great and all I needed to qualify was guidance on her part.

Georgie Elgin:
Still does not prove that the theory is completely wrong. I imagine one can go through history and find a few good examples.

Bernie Dodd:
It's a pity that Leonardo da Vinci never had a wife to guide him, he might have really gotten somewhere.

Georgie Elgin:
Frank's on stage.

Bernie Dodd:
I know. I want to talk to you.

Georgie Elgin:
The last time we talked, Mr. Dodd, you reduced me to tears. I promise you, it won't happen again.