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A doctor in St. Cloud who practices at the hospital owned by Boss Finley. Scudder is the first person to visit Chance in the Princess’s hotel room, telling him that he should leave St. Cloud before Boss Finley tracks him down and castrates him. He informs Chance that Heavenly went through a “tragic ordeal” because of her contact with him. Although he doesn’t reveal it in this moment, Scudder is referring to the fact that Heavenly contracted a sexually transmitted disease after sleeping with Chance. Because of this, Scudder had to perform a secret operation on Heavenly—an operation that went wrong and left her infertile. Despite Scudder’s surgical error, Boss Finley has arranged for him and Heavenly to get married.
Dr. George Scudder Quotes in Sweet Bird of Youth
The Sweet Bird of Youth quotes below are all either spoken by Dr. George Scudder or refer to Dr. George Scudder . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Act One, Scene One
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SCUDDER: There’s a lot more to this which we feel ought not to be talked about to anyone, least of all to you, since you have turned into a criminal degenerate, the only right term for you, but, Chance, I think I ought to remind you that once long ago, the father of this girl wrote out a prescription for you, a sort of medical prescription, which is castration. You’d better think about that, that would deprive you of all you’ve got to get by on. […]
CHANCE: I’m used to that threat. I’m not going to leave St. Cloud without my girl.
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Dr. George Scudder Quotes in Sweet Bird of Youth
The Sweet Bird of Youth quotes below are all either spoken by Dr. George Scudder or refer to Dr. George Scudder . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Act One, Scene One
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SCUDDER: There’s a lot more to this which we feel ought not to be talked about to anyone, least of all to you, since you have turned into a criminal degenerate, the only right term for you, but, Chance, I think I ought to remind you that once long ago, the father of this girl wrote out a prescription for you, a sort of medical prescription, which is castration. You’d better think about that, that would deprive you of all you’ve got to get by on. […]
CHANCE: I’m used to that threat. I’m not going to leave St. Cloud without my girl.
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