Rosalind Harris credited as playing...
Tzeitel
- Hodel: We only have one Rabbi, and he only has one son. Why shouldn't I want the best?
- Tzeitel: Because you're a girl from a poor family. So whatever Yente brings, you'll take. Right? Of course, right!
- [sings, mimicking Yente]
- Tzeitel: Hodel! Oh Hodel, have I made a match for you! He's handsome, he's young! All right, he's sixty-two. But he's a nice man, a good catch, true? True! I promise you'll be happy, and even if you're not, there's more to life than that... Don't ask me what.
- Tzeitel: [singing] Chava, I've found him; will you be a lucky bride! He's handsome, he's tall! That is, from side to side, but he's a nice man, a good catch, right?
- Hodel: Right!
- Tzeitel: You heard he has a temper.
- Hodel: He'll *beat* you every night.
- Tzeitel: But only when he's sober.
- Tzeitel, Hodel: So you're all right!
- Tzeitel: Since when are you interested in a match, Chava? I thought you just had your eyes on your books.
- Chava: [storms away with basket]
- Hodel: [giggles]
- Tzeitel: [to Hodel] And you have your eye on the Rabbi's son.
- Hodel: Well, why not? We only have one rabbi, and he only has one son. Why shouldn't I want the best?
- Tzeitel: Because you're a girl from a poor family. So, whatever Yente brings, you'll take, right?
- [puts black blanket on head]
- Tzeitel: Of COURSE right!
- [Yente has returned from the post office]
- Yente: The postman told me there was a letter for your sister, Hodel.
- Tzeitel: Thank you, I'll go and get it.
- Yente: I got it. It's, ah, from her intended, Perchik.
- Tzeitel: Oh, she'll be so happy, she's been waiting to hear from... but it's open!
- Yente: [shrugs] So, it happened to be open...