Scene 1 Flashcards
Martha: In a fine fettle as always then… Beth carries on like this every single time. But she warms up, don’t worry.
Lennox: Once we get into it.
Martha: We’ve told this tale many times before, the tale of Lennox/ landing
Lennox: /That’s me
Martha: Landing in our midst, unaware she would discover a secret and a magical place that / was
Lennox: /We need to explain/ about
Cooper: /Dad’s not here tonight.
Lennox: My Uncle
Dylan: So we’ll just fill his bits in.
Lennox: We’re very good
No story is complete with/out
Dylan: /An audience
Lennox: That’s you
Beth: She’ll be trampling everywhere and getting her nose into my garden.
Lennox: I wasn’t that bad
Lennox: Yeah, alright okay. [Takes a breath] I hate it, I hate it, I hate it! It’s the middle of nowhere with a bunch of (Lennox does exaggerated quotation marks) “family” I’ve never met. Is anyone going to actually tell me how long I’m going to be in this dump? I bet you don’t even have WiFi. There’s no phone signal, I tried. All you can see out of the window is green. There’s literally nothing here.
Martha: But boy did she shake things up around here!
I’ll take your bag, Lennox. Dylan will show you your room.
Lennox: You another cousin I don’t know about?
Martha: /We’re as good as family, just not actually related. We live in the cottage behind the fields. Your Uncle gets busy sometimes, so I help him out, look after Cooper, /the house.
Lennox: /Where is Cooper?
Martha: In bed.
Lennox: Already? What is she, like 5?
Martha: (To Lennox) Look, it’s lovely and sunny out. Why don’t you play outside for a bit, and I can get your stuff unpacked?
Lennox: Outside?
Lennox: Outside?
Martha: Yes.
Lennox: Do you know how old I am?
Lennox: Do you know how old I am?
Martha: Yes
Lennox: 12.
Lennox: 12.
Dylan: Same as me
Lennox: I don’t play outside. You make me sound like a child.
Martha: I’m definitely older than 12 and I still play.
Lennox: You what? Well I don’t.
Martha: I play with my Dylan all the time/
Dylan: /Not really, not like
Martha: /Making up stories, going on adventures, / and then
Lennox: /I don’t want to play. And I don’t want to go outside. And I don’t want to be here. I want to go home!
Martha: [To the audience] I told you she’d got a temper, didn’t I?
Lennox: Where’s Cooper?
Martha: In her room. Resting.
Lennox: So, what do you actually do around here? When you’re not playing?