Stage Directions/Gerald Croft Flashcards
1
Q
“[rather too manly to be dandy]”
A
Priestley describes Gerald in the stage directions as “rather too manly to be dandy”, suggesting that he his very much content and confident in his own masculinity.
2
Q
“[easy well-bred young man about town]”
A
Priestley describes Gerald in the stage directions as “easy well-bred young man-about-town”. This idiomatic phrase suggests that Gerald is a fashionable socialite. Alternatively, this phrase could have plural connotations; perhaps, Priestley is foreshadowing the unfaithful nature of Gerald, as he literally goes about-town and into the Palace bar in the search of female companions.
