Act 1 Flashcards

1
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“The _ should be _ and _ until the Inspector arrives then it should be _ and _”

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The lighting goes from pink and intimate to brighter and harder

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“Yes - except for all last _ when you never came _ me “

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Yes - except for all last summer when you never came near me - Sheila

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3
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“You’ll have to get _ to that just as I had”

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You’ll have to get used to that, just as I had. - Mrs B

Sheila: I don’t believe I will.

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4
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“You’re _”

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You’re squiffy - Sheila

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5
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“What an _ , Sheila! Really the _ you _ pick up these _”

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What an expression, Sheila! Really the things you girls pick up these days!

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6
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“Your _ to Sheila means a _ lot to _”

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Your engagement to Sheila means a tremendous lot to me - Mr B

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7
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“For lower _ and higher _”

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For lower costs and higher prices - Mr B

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“ I think it’s _ look mummy isn’t it _ “

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“I think it’s perfect look mummy isn’t it beautiful” - Sheila

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9
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“Im sorry _ actually I was _”

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Im sorry daddy actually I was listening - sheila

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10
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“I speak as a _ headed _ man of _”

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I speak as a hard headed practical man of business and I say there isn’t a chance of war - Mr B

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“There will be _ and _ and rapid _ everywhere - except of course in _”

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There will be peace and prosperity and rapid progress everywhere except ofcourse in Russia - Mr B

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you’d think _ has to look after _ else, as if we were all _ up together like _ in a _.

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you’d think everybody has to look after everybody else, as if we were all mixed up together like bees in a hive – community and all that nonsense. - mr B

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13
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“_, sir an _ has called”

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“Please, sir an inspector has called” - Edna

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she’d _ a lot of strong _. Burnt her _ out, of course.

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she’d swallowed a lot of strong disinfectant. Burnt her inside out, of course. - Inspector

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15
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“ i _ of course”

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I refused of course - Mr B

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16
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“It’s my _ to keep _ costs _”

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It’s my duty to keep labour costs down

17
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“It’s _ to ask for the _ than to _ it”

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Isn’t it better to ask for the earth than to take it - Inspector

18
Q

“ why _ they try for _ _”

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“Why shouldn’t they try for higher wages”

19
Q

That’s _ this - and- life _ had _ seem to _ you.

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That’s something this public-school- and-varsity life you’ve had doesn’t seem to teach you.

20
Q

“But these _ aren’t _ labour they are _”

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But these girls aren’t cheap labour they are people

21
Q

“After all _ were _ citizens and not _ “

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After all y’know were respectable citizens and not criminals

22
Q

“So I’m really _”

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So I’m really responsible

23
Q

“And it just _ she was the right _ for it just as I _ the _ _”

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And it just suited her. She was the right type for it, just as I was the wrong type.

24
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I went to the manager at Milwards and I told him that if they didn’t get rid of that girl, I’d never go near the place again

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I went to the manager at Milwards and I told him that if they didn’t get rid of that girl, I’d never go near the place again

25
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“If I could _ her now I _”

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If I could help her now I would