Act 1 Flashcards
“The _ should be _ and _ until the Inspector arrives then it should be _ and _”
The lighting goes from pink and intimate to brighter and harder
“Yes - except for all last _ when you never came _ me “
Yes - except for all last summer when you never came near me - Sheila
“You’ll have to get _ to that just as I had”
You’ll have to get used to that, just as I had. - Mrs B
Sheila: I don’t believe I will.
“You’re _”
You’re squiffy - Sheila
“What an _ , Sheila! Really the _ you _ pick up these _”
What an expression, Sheila! Really the things you girls pick up these days!
“Your _ to Sheila means a _ lot to _”
Your engagement to Sheila means a tremendous lot to me - Mr B
“For lower _ and higher _”
For lower costs and higher prices - Mr B
“ I think it’s _ look mummy isn’t it _ “
“I think it’s perfect look mummy isn’t it beautiful” - Sheila
“Im sorry _ actually I was _”
Im sorry daddy actually I was listening - sheila
“I speak as a _ headed _ man of _”
I speak as a hard headed practical man of business and I say there isn’t a chance of war - Mr B
“There will be _ and _ and rapid _ everywhere - except of course in _”
There will be peace and prosperity and rapid progress everywhere except ofcourse in Russia - Mr B
you’d think _ has to look after _ else, as if we were all _ up together like _ in a _.
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
“_, sir an _ has called”
“Please, sir an inspector has called” - Edna
she’d _ a lot of strong _. Burnt her _ out, of course.
she’d swallowed a lot of strong disinfectant. Burnt her inside out, of course. - Inspector
“ i _ of course”
I refused of course - Mr B
“It’s my _ to keep _ costs _”
It’s my duty to keep labour costs down
“It’s _ to ask for the _ than to _ it”
Isn’t it better to ask for the earth than to take it - Inspector
“ why _ they try for _ _”
“Why shouldn’t they try for higher wages”
That’s _ this - and- life _ had _ seem to _ you.
That’s something this public-school- and-varsity life you’ve had doesn’t seem to teach you.
“But these _ aren’t _ labour they are _”
But these girls aren’t cheap labour they are people
“After all _ were _ citizens and not _ “
After all y’know were respectable citizens and not criminals
“So I’m really _”
So I’m really responsible
“And it just _ she was the right _ for it just as I _ the _ _”
And it just suited her. She was the right type for it, just as I was the wrong type.
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
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
