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ear for eye
About this book
'Marchin' days is over man.'
Patience is running out, times have changed.
And progress isn't enough.
Black British. African American.
Here. There.
Now.
Snapshots of lives, snapshots of experiences of protest; violence vs non-violence, direct action vs demonstrations, ear for eye follows characters navigating their way through society today.
debbie tucker green's play ear for eye premiered in October 2018 at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs, in a production directed by the playwright.
ear for eye was a finalist for the 2019 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize.
A filmed version of ear for eye, written and directed by debbie tucker green, was broadcast on BBC Two in October 2021.
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PART ONE
Scene One
US.
African Americans.
African Americans.
SON So if I put my hands up –
MOM a threat, threatening.
SON Slowly?
MOM Provocative.
SON Showed my palms
MOM inflammatory. Could be.
SON …(If I) raised my hands just to –
MOM no
SON to just –
MOM no
SON but
MOM aggression
SON but just to show that they’re –
MOM an act of / aggression
SON that I’m –
MOM that won’t work, that doesn’t work Son.
SON thinks.
SON If I left them down?
MOM Belligerent.
SON By my side – ?
MOM Attitude.
SON (Hands) in pockets?
MOM Concealing.
SON Jacket pockets –
MOM obscuring
SON pants pockets –
MOM cocky
SON hands together – ?
MOM Masking
SON what but / what?
MOM I know / Son.
SON My hands together – ?
MOM Sarcastic –
SON but
MOM challenging
SON but –
MOM provocative. Which is… can be,
is…
Incendiary.
To them.
SON …Holding hands-holding hands – c’mon –
MOM collusion complicity
SON behind my back –
MOM attitude – arrogance
insolence
ignorance
defiance
SON gesturing that I –
MOM aggressive
SON that I –
MOM aggressive
SON that I
MOM aggressive
SON but I –
MOM I know
SON but that I –
MOM I know Son.
SON …So
gesturing…?
MOM Antagonistic.
SON
SON Shrugging?
MOM Ignorant.
SON Just –
MOM just
SON just?
MOM …Just.
Hostile.
SON But –
MOM hostile
SON but – ?
MOM But. Son.
SON thinks hard.
SON …Right.
MOM Not right.
SON Right.
Beat.
MOM shakes her head a little.
If I look…
She watches him.
If I look at them –
MOM bold
SON confidently look at / them.
MOM confrontational
SON as a –
MOM audacious
SON as a man – which you said was good
MOM it is good
SON as a man / then –
MOM forward, forthright –
SON which you said was good
MOM it is good Son
SON ‘confident’ which you said –
MOM I did – do
SON said was –
MOM I did
SON how you raised me –
MOM I did
SON so, confident…
MOM
SON Confidence.
MOM
SON Confidently…
MOM
SON Mom?
MOM
SON Right.
MOM …It’s good but not good.
SON But –
MOM it is but it’s not.
SON But – .
MOM
SON
SON If I look away –
MOM evasive
elusive
ambiguous
SON but if / I –
MOM cagey and –
SON but what if I-I – but – ?
SON
SON If I turn away – .
MOM shakes her head.
If I turn – Mom, turn away to –
MOM that –
SON Mom, turn away to go to make like – if I –
MOM no
SON turn away to walk away
MOM Son – .
SON Turn so that I –
MOM no
SON so then I –
MOM no
SON but I would be –
MOM no
SON Mom
MOM impudence
SON Mom?
MOM Disobedience
SON Mom
MOM impertinence
SON but I’d be –
MOM no. Don’t turn your back, don’t turn your back.
MOM
Beat.
SON …Mom.
Beat.
If I look away to avoid looking at –
MOM guilty
SON but-but if I look like I’m looking but just look past y’know –
MOM no
SON if I look like / that – ?
MOM no no no. Doesn’t work, that –
SON if I –
MOM doesn’t work
SON but if I –
MOM won’t work
SON if I look at the floor –
MOM hell no, we didn’t raise you to look at no floor Son.
SON If I – but if I…
...Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- Original Production
- Characters
- Ear for Eye
- About the Author
- Copyright and Performing Rights Information