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1. HERE WE GO
The speeches at the end of the scene are to be inserted at random during the dialogue. There are ten – use as many as you need for each character to have one.
The place is a party after a funeral.
We miss him
of course
everyone
but his closest
because friendship was
wider range of acquaintance than anyone I’ve ever
gift
closeness
listened
and so witty I remember him saying
listened and understood
always seemed
though of course are you any wiser when you’re older I feel sixteen all the time
all he’d lived through
the war the war not so many people left who
and Spain even imagine
what how old
no he did
and he never actually joined the party because of what they did to the anarchists so
not that he was an anarchist
unless sexually
well yes there
and is the third wife here are they all
in the red hat
isn’t that the daughter?
no the big red
and is that her partner with the beard?
all the women seem
yes they all kiss but I wonder
except of course
she’s keeping very quiet
love of his life
they say
though he was an old goat
of course
such charm was the thing
yes because he didn’t look
oh when he was young
none of us can remember
well I can
of course
he was a vision at thirty
and photos photos have you seen there are some on the table in the
yes on a horse, about twelve
but his mind
yes his mind
extraordinary mind
literature of course but also
literature of France, Spain, Russia, every South American
physics, he had an extremely scientific
could have been
never fully
an mp in the fifties
I never knew
oh yes
which party
well obviously
yes but he was a libertarian
man of the left
always fell out
a bit too much of an individualist some might
just quarrelsome
but then he’d make it up with a bunch of flowers
I always remember a time he
and did you meet his friend Bill?
who isn’t here or is he?
would we recognise?
heavy drinker
he put it away himself
but could always carry
champagne in hospital
so wonderful
never complained
well he did
terrible temper
I never saw
swore at the nurses
well I suppose anyone
yes pain...
