Danny and the Deep Blue Sea by John Patrick Shanley
ROBERTA: No. They're mine.
DANNY: You ain't gonna eat all of 'em. Lemme have one.
ROBERTA: Fuck off.
DANNY: All right.
ROBERTA: You wanna pretzel?
DANNY: Yeah.
(ROBERTA picks up the bowl, takes it to DANNY'S table, and goes back to HER seat.)
ROBERTA: You can have 'em. I'm finished with 'em.
DANNY: Thanks.
ROBERTA: You're welcome.
DANNY: You want some of my beer?
ROBERTA: No.
DANNY: Some fuckin bar. Nobody here.
ROBERTA: That's why I like it.
DANNY: What's the matter? You don't like people?
ROBERTA: No. Not really.
DANNY: Me neither.
ROBERTA: What happened to your hands?
DANNY: Fight.
ROBERTA: Who'd you fight?
DANNY: I don't know. Some guys last night. Tonight, too.
ROBERTA: Two fights?
DANNY: Yeah.
ROBERTA: How come?
DANNY: I don't know. Guys bother me, I start swinging.
ROBERTA: I don't get it. Did they say something to you?
DANNY: (Exploding) Who the fuck asked you to get it? Ain't none a your fuckin business I lock horns with anybody! Nobody crosses my fuckin line, man! They can do what they want out there, but nobody crosses my fuckin line!
ROBERTA: All right.
DANNY: They asked me where I was going.
ROBERTA: Who?
DANNY: The guys I was fighting tonight.
ROBERTA: They asked where you were going.
DANNY: That's right. So I decked the first guy. Hit him in the nose. You hit 'em in the nose, they can't see.
ROBERTA: Why not?
DANNY: I don't know. But it's true.
ROBERTA: All right.
DANNY: But while I was hittin on him, the other guy got me with his belt.
ROBERTA: That musta hurt.
DANNY: Yeah. I made him eat that fuckin belt.
ROBERTA: Where you from?
DANNY: Zerega.
ROBERTA: Yeah? I used to catch frogs from over at Zerega.
DANNY: Ain't no frogs 'round Zerega.
ROBERTA: Not now. When I was a kid.
DANNY: Ain't never been no frogs 'round Zerega.
ROBERTA: Yes, there was. There used to be a little like marsh over on Zerega, and it had frogs in it.
DANNY: When?
ROBERTA: A long time ago.
DANNY: How old's that make you?
ROBERTA: Thirty-one.
DANNY: I'm twenty-nine. When I turn thirty I'm gonna put a gun in my mouth and blow my fuckin head off.
ROBERTA: Do it in the bathroom. It's easier to clean up.
DANNY: I'm gonna do it!
ROBERTA: Why you say a thing like that?
DANNY: I don't know.
ROBERTA: Ain't no different to be thirty.
DANNY: It's gotta be different.
ROBERTA: I'm thirty-one.
DANNY: I heard ya. That's you. Me, I'm twenty-nine and I can't stay the way I am for too fuckin long.
ROBERTA: Why not?
DANNY: 'Cause I can't!
ROBERTA: You from Zerega whaddaya doin here?
DANNY: There's something goin on over Zerega.
ROBERTA: Nothing goin on here.
DANNY: Yeah, well maybe I like that. Peaceful.
ROBERTA: You don't look peaceful to me.
DANNY: I'm peaceful. But people fuck with me.
ROBERTA: Why don't you come over, sit with me.
ROBERTA: All right.
DANNY: I'm sorry.
ROBERTA: That's all right.
DANNY: Is that guy looking at me?
ROBERTA: Who? Fred? No, he's sleeping. He's drunk. Can't you see, his mouth's open.
DANNY: Oh, yeah. There's light on his glasses. I couldn't see his eyes. I thought he was looking at me.
ROBERTA: What if he was?
DANNY: I'd beat his fuckin face in.
ROBERTA: Yeah.![And And](/uploads/1/2/6/3/126382434/422917877.jpg)
DANNY: Where?
ROBERTA: Right up the block.
DANNY: What, you married?
ROBERTA: Divorced.
DANNY: Gotta kid?
ROBERTA: Yeah.
DANNY: Who's takin care of the kid?
ROBERTA: My mother. My mother always takes care of the kid.
DANNY: That's a good deal.
ROBERTA: Yeah. You gotta friend, you know, a girlfriend?
DANNY: No.
ROBERTA: No?
DANNY: We broke up.
ROBERTA: What was her name?
DANNY: Cecilia.
DANNY: Yeah.
- Characters:
- male: Danny, 29
- female: Roberta, 31
- Scene: empty bar
ROBERTA: No. They're mine.
DANNY: You ain't gonna eat all of 'em. Lemme have one.
Deep Blue Sea Script Resources: Deep Blue Sea Script PDF - 3/20/1998 at Script City ($) Deep Blue Sea Script PDF at Script Fly ($) Deep Blue Sea Transcript at Script-O-Rama; Deep Blue Sea Transcript at scripts.com; Note: Multiple links are listed since (a) different versions exist and (b) many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Performed by Rene Hartel and Clayton Snyder at the LaValle Actors Workshop. John Patrick Shanley (born October 13, 1950) is an American playwright, screenwriter, and director. His play, Doubt: A Parable, won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the 2005 Tony Award for Best Play.He won the 1988 Academy Award for Best Original.
ROBERTA: Fuck off.
DANNY: All right.
ROBERTA: You wanna pretzel?
DANNY: Yeah.
(ROBERTA picks up the bowl, takes it to DANNY'S table, and goes back to HER seat.)
ROBERTA: You can have 'em. I'm finished with 'em.
DANNY: Thanks.
ROBERTA: You're welcome.
DANNY: You want some of my beer?
ROBERTA: No.
DANNY: Some fuckin bar. Nobody here.
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ROBERTA: That's why I like it.
DANNY: What's the matter? You don't like people?
ROBERTA: No. Not really.
DANNY: Me neither.
ROBERTA: What happened to your hands?
DANNY: Fight.
ROBERTA: Who'd you fight?
DANNY: I don't know. Some guys last night. Tonight, too.
ROBERTA: Two fights?
DANNY: Yeah.
ROBERTA: How come?
DANNY: I don't know. Guys bother me, I start swinging.
ROBERTA: I don't get it. Did they say something to you?
DANNY: (Exploding) Who the fuck asked you to get it? Ain't none a your fuckin business I lock horns with anybody! Nobody crosses my fuckin line, man! They can do what they want out there, but nobody crosses my fuckin line!
ROBERTA: All right.
DANNY: They asked me where I was going.
ROBERTA: Who?
DANNY: The guys I was fighting tonight.
ROBERTA: They asked where you were going.
DANNY: That's right. So I decked the first guy. Hit him in the nose. You hit 'em in the nose, they can't see.
ROBERTA: Why not?
DANNY: I don't know. But it's true.
ROBERTA: All right.
DANNY: But while I was hittin on him, the other guy got me with his belt.
ROBERTA: That musta hurt.
DANNY: Yeah. I made him eat that fuckin belt.
ROBERTA: Where you from?
DANNY: Zerega.
ROBERTA: Yeah? I used to catch frogs from over at Zerega.
DANNY: Ain't no frogs 'round Zerega.
ROBERTA: Not now. When I was a kid.
DANNY: Ain't never been no frogs 'round Zerega.
ROBERTA: Yes, there was. There used to be a little like marsh over on Zerega, and it had frogs in it.
DANNY: When?
ROBERTA: A long time ago.
DANNY: How old's that make you?
ROBERTA: Thirty-one.
DANNY: I'm twenty-nine. When I turn thirty I'm gonna put a gun in my mouth and blow my fuckin head off.
ROBERTA: Do it in the bathroom. It's easier to clean up.
DANNY: I'm gonna do it!
ROBERTA: Why you say a thing like that?
DANNY: I don't know.
ROBERTA: Ain't no different to be thirty.
DANNY: It's gotta be different.
ROBERTA: I'm thirty-one.
DANNY: I heard ya. That's you. Me, I'm twenty-nine and I can't stay the way I am for too fuckin long.
ROBERTA: Why not?
DANNY: 'Cause I can't!
ROBERTA: You from Zerega whaddaya doin here?
DANNY: There's something goin on over Zerega.
ROBERTA: Nothing goin on here.
DANNY: Yeah, well maybe I like that. Peaceful.
ROBERTA: You don't look peaceful to me.
DANNY: I'm peaceful. But people fuck with me.
ROBERTA: Why don't you come over, sit with me.
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DANNY: I don't wanna. This is good where I am.ROBERTA: All right.
DANNY: I'm sorry.
ROBERTA: That's all right.
DANNY: Is that guy looking at me?
ROBERTA: Who? Fred? No, he's sleeping. He's drunk. Can't you see, his mouth's open.
DANNY: Oh, yeah. There's light on his glasses. I couldn't see his eyes. I thought he was looking at me.
ROBERTA: What if he was?
DANNY: I'd beat his fuckin face in.
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(THEY both laugh.) You from here?ROBERTA: Yeah.
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DANNY: Where?
ROBERTA: Right up the block.
DANNY: What, you married?
ROBERTA: Divorced.
DANNY: Gotta kid?
ROBERTA: Yeah.
DANNY: Who's takin care of the kid?
ROBERTA: My mother. My mother always takes care of the kid.
DANNY: That's a good deal.
ROBERTA: Yeah. You gotta friend, you know, a girlfriend?
DANNY: No.
ROBERTA: No?
DANNY: We broke up.
ROBERTA: What was her name?
DANNY: Cecilia.
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ROBERTA: Italian?DANNY: Yeah.
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ROBERTA: I'm Italian.John Patrick Shanley
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Danny and the Deep Blue Sea is a glorious exercise in misdirection, opening with an outburst of rage and establishing a pair of characters so extreme it is hard to see any positive features before moving in an altogether different direction.
In a shabby bar in the Bronx, Danny (Danny Solomon) meets Roberta (Hannah Ellis Ryan). Both carry heavy emotional baggage. Roberta is crippled by guilt for an act she considers obscene and which has divided her family. Danny is basically a caveman, prone to irrational outbursts of anger, so pointlessly argumentative he picks a fight with a drunk who has passed out. Although both characters have constructed emotional barriers to deter others from making contact, they are drawn, against their instincts, into an unlikely relationship.
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Danny and the Deep Blue Sea is very much a study of two people whose self-esteem is so low they feel they do not deserve any respite. Inarticulate but lonely, they are stumbling towards companionship. Director Daniel Bradford tips his hand early as to the deceptive nature of the play. The background music is by Tom Waits and Nick Cave whose world-weary ballads set a bleakly romantic, rather than a confrontational, mood.
John Patrick Shanley’s script is full of contradictions and disquieting moments. Danny’s ‘hard man’ attitude is so extreme as to seem like a bluff—Roberta teases he is as scary as Halloween. As a result, the sudden burst of actual physical violence towards Roberta is terrifying. In a bizarre twist, Danny’s violent primal instincts actually nudge Roberta towards redemption—although his actions may not be palatable to a contemporary audience.
It is always a thrill to see a pair of actors at the peak of their powers going head-to-head. Danny ought to be a brutal terrifying creature—he admits to thinking he has killed someone in a fight. Although the opening scene is pure incoherent rage, Danny Solomon’s confused and conflicted performance raises doubts as to how much this is bluster. There is an odd childlike innocence underlying Solomon’s performance suggesting Danny’s violent tendencies may simply be due to him never being taught any alternatives.
Hannah Ellis Ryan gives Roberta a self-hating attitude of someone desperate to be punished for an action she considers unforgivable. After her initial angry outburst at Danny, she becomes flirty and manipulative. Throughout, however, Ellis Ryan shows a sense of decency buried under the harsh exterior. Having got Danny where she wants him, Roberta feels guilty enough to offer him a way out. In a play full of strong moments, the sequence of Ellis Ryan hiding Roberta’s self-sacrifice behind a hard-bitten and abusive exterior is a stand-out. Physically, Danny Solomon towers over Hannah Ellis Ryan but there is no doubt Roberta is the dominant partner in the relationship.
Danny and the Deep Blue Sea confounds expectations and becomes a life-enhancing experience. A pair of stunning performances makes it possible to believe that a couple who, on first impression seem the lowest of the low, deserve a chance of redemption.
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