Authur Birling Flashcards
Stage directions quotes
“a heavy-looking, rather portentous man”
Act 1 (first half) Quotes
“You’re just the kind of son in law I always wanted” (to Gerald)
“you’ve brought us together …for lower costs and higher prices”
“a hard-headed practical man of business”
“The Germans don’t want war”
“You’ve a lot to learn yet.” (to Eric)
“unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable” (about Titanic)
Act 1 (second half) Quotes
“mixed up together like bees in a hive”; “community and all that nonsense”
“a man has to look after himself”
“as long as we behave ourselves, don’t start a scandal”
“I refused, of course”
“she’d had a lot to say – far too much – so she had to go”
Act 2 quotes
Act 3 Quotes (before inspector leaves)
“Look Inspector - I’d give thousands”
“There’ll be a public scandal”
Act 3 Quotes (after inspector leaves)
“You’re the one it makes most difference to”
“the famous younger generation who know it all. And they can’t even take a joke”
“But the whole thing’s different now”
