Eric Birling Flashcards
Eric’s description in the opening stage direction
“In his early twenties, not quite at ease, half shy, half assertive”
“Why shouldn’t they try for higher wages? We try for the highest
possible prices”
“Why shouldn’t they try for higher wages? We try for the highest
possible prices”
“it isn’t as if you can go and work somewhere else.”
“it isn’t as if you can go and work somewhere else.”
“He could have kept her on instead of throwing her out. I call it tough luck.”
“He could have kept her on instead of throwing her out. I call it tough luck.”
“I’d have let her stay”
“I’d have let her stay”
“Well I was in that state when a chap easily turns nasty- and I
threatened to make a row”
“Well I was in that state when a chap easily turns nasty- and I
threatened to make a row”
“And that’s when it happened. And I don’t even remember- that’s the hellish thing.”
“And that’s when it happened. And I don’t even remember- that’s the hellish thing.”
“I wasn’t in love with her or anything- but I liked her- she was pretty and a good sport-”
“I wasn’t in love with her or anything- but I liked her- she was pretty and a good sport-”
“she didn’t want me to marry her. Said I didn’t love her- and all that. In a way, she treated me- as if I were a kid. Though I was nearly as old as she was.”
“she didn’t want me to marry her. Said I didn’t love her- and all that. In a way, she treated me- as if I were a kid. Though I was nearly as old as she was.”
“You’re not the kind of father a chap could go to when he’s in trouble- that’s why.”
“You’re not the kind of father a chap could go to when he’s in trouble- that’s why.”
“Then- you killed her. She came to you to protect me- and you turned her away-yes, and you killed her-and the child she’d have had too- my child- your own grandchild- you killed them both- damn you, damn you-”
“Then- you killed her. She came to you to protect me- and you turned her away-yes, and you killed her-and the child she’d have had too- my child- your own grandchild- you killed them both- damn you, damn you-”
“He was our police inspector all right”
“He was our police inspector all right”
“(shouting) And I say the girl’s dead and we all helped to kill her- and that’s what matters-”
“(shouting) And I say the girl’s dead and we all helped to kill her- and that’s what matters-”
