Proof

Catherine : I think we should call it a night.

Robert : Look, read out the first couple of lines we go line by line out loud through the argument see if theres a better way, a shorter way.

Catherine : No, come on tomorrow.

Robert : I've waited years for this goddammit lets do some work together.

Catherine : Dad i think we should get some sleep.

Robert : Not until we talk about the proof.

Catherine : Dad i don't want to talk about the proof.

Robert : GODDAMNIT OPEN THE GODDAMN BOOK! READ ME THE LINES! (Beat. Catherine opens the book. She reads slowly without inflection.)

Catherine :Let X equals the quantity of all quantities of X. Let X equals the cold. It is cold in December. The months of cold equal November trough February. There are four months of cold and four months of heat, leaving four months of indeterminate temperature. In February it snows. In March the Lake is a lake of ice. In september the students come back and the bookstores are full. Let X equal the month of full bookstores. The number of books approaches infinity as the number of months of cold approaches fourr. I will never be as cold now as I will in the future. The future of cold is infinite. The future of heat is the future of cold. The bookstores are infinite and so are never full except in september... (She stops reading and slowly closes the book)

Robert : I'm exhausted.

- Proof by David Auburn -

(With dialogue from the movie and theatrical references from the play.)