Act 1 After Maule

Question 1

Roland: Goodbye

Answer 1

Monica.

Question 2

Has he gone?

Answer 2

If ever that young man rings up again get rid of him at all costs. He’s mad as a Hatter.

Question 3

Why, what did he do?

Answer 3

He started by insulting me and finished by sublimating me.

Question 4

Poor dear, you look quite shattered. Have a glass of sherry.

Answer 4

Those are the first kind words I’ve heard this morning.

Question 5

I think I’ll have a nip too.

Answer 5

What time is it?

Question 6

Hugo: There’s a strange young man sitting on the stairs

Answer 6

What’s he doing?

Question 7

Mor: What have you been up to, Gary?

Answer 7

I haven’t been up to anything. I merely told him what I thought of his play.

Question 8

Is it the same Sherry that you always have?

Yes

No thank you

Answer 8

Why, what’s the matter with it?

Question 9

Nothing much, it’s just not very nice.

Answer 9

You are never to have joined the Athenaeum club, it’s made you pompous.

Question 10

Hugos quite right about the Sherry, it’s disgusting.

Answer 10

If anybody complains about anything else I shall go raving mad. This studio’s been like a Wailing Wall all the morning.

Question 11

Never mind, Gary — gods in his heaven and all is right with the world – I’ve got some lovely bad news for you.

Answer 11

I know. I wrote that.

Question 12

We’ll How to rehearse a new leading woman.

Answer 12

Why?

Question 13

Nora fanfic can’t come to Africa.

Answer 13

Why?

Question 14

She’s broken her leg.

Answer 14

Well, really – !!

Question 15

It isn’t actually so terribly important.

Answer 15

Oh, not at all, it couldn’t matter less! Weeks of rehearsal — 6 plays.

How did the silly bitch do it?

Question 16

She fell down at Victoria station.

Answer 16

She’d no right to be at Victoria station. Who can we get?

Question 17

Well, Morris wants barrel Willard

Answer 17

So you want barrel Willard, do you?

Question 18

Why not? She’s extremely competent.

Answer 18

I agree with you barrel Willard is extremely competent. She has been extremely competent for well over 40 years. In addition to her competence she has contrived, with uncanny skill, to sustain a spotless reputation for being the most paralyzing, epoch-making, monumental, world shattering, god-awful boar that ever drew breath!

Question 19

No really, Gary, I don’t see —

Answer 19

You don’t see? Very well, I will explain just one thing further, and it’s this. No prayer, no bribe, no threat, no power, human or divine, would induce me to go to Africa with barrel Willard. I wouldn’t go across the street with barrel Willard.

Question 20

If you’re going to start one of those casting arguments I am going. I’ve got to catch a plane for Brussels.

Answer 20

What are you going to Brussels for anyhow?

Question 21

Business straightforward Business. I can’t wait to get there. Goodbye sweetie.

Answer 21

Don’t pound people.

Question 22

Mon: Goodbye! Do you want me anymore?

Answer 22

Why, what are you going to do?