Sheila Birling Flashcards
Sheila’s description in opening stage direction
“A pretty girl in her early twenties, very pleased with life and rather
excited”
“Yes, go on, Mummy”
“Yes, go on, Mummy”
“(rather distressed) I can’t help thinking about this girl- destroying
herself so horribly- and I’ve been so happy tonight. Oh I wish you
hadn’t told me.”
“(rather distressed) I can’t help thinking about this girl- destroying
herself so horribly- and I’ve been so happy tonight. Oh I wish you
hadn’t told me.”
“She was a very pretty girl…that didn’t make it any better.”
“She was a very pretty girl…that didn’t make it any better.”
“But these girls aren’t cheap labour- they’re people.”
“But these girls aren’t cheap labour- they’re people.”
“I went to the manager and told him this girl had been very
impertinent – and – and - ”
“I went to the manager and told him this girl had been very
impertinent – and – and - ”
“And if I could help her now, I would-”
“And if I could help her now, I would-”
“I’ll never, never do it again to anybody…I feel now I can never go
there again”
“I’ll never, never do it again to anybody…I feel now I can never go
there again”
“Why- you fool- he knows. Of course he knows. And I hate to think how much he knows that we don’t know yet. You’ll see. You’ll see.”
“Why- you fool- he knows. Of course he knows. And I hate to think how much he knows that we don’t know yet. You’ll see. You’ll see.”
“You mustn’t try to build up a kind of wall between us and that girl. If you do the Inspector will just break it down. And it’ll be all the worse when he does”
“You mustn’t try to build up a kind of wall between us and that girl. If you do the Inspector will just break it down. And it’ll be all the worse when he does”
“No, he’s giving us the rope- so that we’ll hang ourselves”
“No, he’s giving us the rope- so that we’ll hang ourselves”
Bitterly ”I suppose we’re all nice people now”
Bitterly ”I suppose we’re all nice people now”
“He inspected us all right.”
“He inspected us all right.”
“It frightens me the way you talk”
“It frightens me the way you talk”
