act 1

Question 1

eric : it isn’t if…

Answer 1

it isn’t if you can’t go and work somewhere else

Question 2

eric : she’d a bit more

Answer 2

she’d a bit more spirit than the others

Question 3

eric: can’t …

Answer 3

can’t blame her

Question 4

Mr B: juzt let me

Answer 4

just let me finish, Eric. You’ve a lot to learn yet

Question 5

Mr B: Hard

Answer 5

hard - headed business man

Question 6

Mrs B: (reproachfully) Arther you

Answer 6

(reproachfully) Arthur , you’re not supposed to say such things-

Question 7

Gerald : Don’t look

Answer 7

Don’t look like that sheila

Question 8

Gerald: And i domt

Answer 8

And i don’t really see that this inquiry gets you antwhere

Question 9

Gerald : And we can’t

Answer 9

And we can’t help you there because we don’t know

Question 10

Sheila: Now i

Answer 10

Now i really feel engaged

Question 11

Mr B: she was a

Answer 11

she was a lively good looking girl

Question 12

Mr B: working together

Answer 12

working together- for lower costs and higher prices

Question 13

Mr B: a very good

Answer 13

a very good time - and soon it’ll be an even better time

Question 14

Mr B: evrrutbing to

Answer 14

evrrutbing to lose and nothing to gain by war

Question 15

Mr B: it’ll make

Answer 15

it’ll make war impossible

Question 16

Mr b: well it’s

Answer 16

well, it’s my duty to keep labour costs down

Question 17

Mrs b: what an expression

Answer 17

what an expression, sheila! really
the things you
girls pick up these days

Question 18

sheila: yes of

Answer 18

yes of course you were

Question 19

sheila : was it afyer

Answer 19

was it afyer she left milwards? we’re u seeing her last spring ?

Question 20

sheila - what - what did

Answer 20

what- what did this girl look like

Question 21

sheila: recognizes it with

Answer 21

recognizes it with a little cry, gives a half- stifled job

Question 22

sheila : (laughs rather hysterically) why - you

Answer 22

(laughs rather hysterically) why- you fool- he knows. of course he knows

Question 23

sheila: (she almost breaks down, but just controls herself) how could i

Answer 23

(she almost breaks down, but just controls herself) how could i know what would happen

Question 24

sheila: if she’d been some

Answer 24

if she’d been some miserable plain little creature, i don’t suppose i’d have done it

Question 25

mr B: perhaps i ought to

Answer 25

perhaps i ought to warn you he’s an old friend of mine

Question 26

inspector : goole G

Answer 26

Goole G double O L E

Question 27

inspector (cutting through,

Answer 27

(cutting through, massively)

Question 28

sheila: I’d hate you to

Answer 28

I’d hate you to know all abojt port - like one of these purple- faced old men

Question 29

eric : suddenly i felt

Answer 29

suddenly i felt i just had to laugh

Question 30

isnspector : there are a lot

Answer 30

there are a lot of young women living that sort of existence every day

Question 31

inspector : put ourselves

Answer 31

put ourselves in the place of these young women

Question 32

sheila : oh- how horrible!

Answer 32

oh- how horrible! was it an accident?

Question 33

sheila: (rather distressed)

Answer 33

(rather distressed) sorru! i just can’t help thibking about this girl