- 88 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
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Daughters of Heaven
About this book
On June 22, 1954 in a secluded part of Victoria Park in Christchurch, Juliet Hulme and Pauline Parker battered Pauline's mother to death. The infamous murder, also depicted in the Peter Jackson movie Heavenly Creatures, arose from the passionate friendship of the two girls.
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Act One
Scene One
New Zealand, 1959. The action is divided between PAULINEās prison cell in Christchurch and JULIETās prison cell in Wellington, where the girls have been transferred in preparation for their release. They have been in prison, separately, since October 1954.
PAULINE: O my God, I am heartily sorryā
JULIET: My dear one. I am dictating this to you through the spirits of the Fourth World, per usual.
PAULINE: āI am heartily sorry for having offended thee and I detest sin above every other evil because it offends thee my God who art worthy of all my loveā
JULIET: I want you to remember Paradise. It was ours once. We created our own map of Heaven. Havenāt I learned the hard way in this shit-hole of a place that that is all there is? Our Heaven and the two of us?
PAULINE: āand I firmly resolve, by thy holy Grace, never more to offend thee and to amend my life.
JULIET: Now that I have been brought to my knees I see my own star brighter than ever. I will never give in. I will never look back. I will never regret. It is our fate.
PAULINE: Amen.
Scene Two
BRIDGET, addressing the audience: The ādomestic tragedyā was how Mrs Hulme referred to it after. That and āJulietās illnessā, as if wickedness was something you caught from breathing bad air. But I didnāt blame her. Not much. In the beginning we were pals.
The Hulmesā house.
HILDA enters.
HILDA: I do hope youāll be happy here.
BRIDGET: It looks a very nice situation.
HILDA: You like the flat?
BRIDGET: Itās lovely, thank you.
HILDA: Feel free to borrow anything from our kitchen until you get settledāplates, cups, saucepansā
BRIDGET: Youāre too kind, Mrs Hulme, really.
HILDA: No, Hilda. Please. You must call me Hilda. We donāt stand on ceremony in this house.
BRIDGET: In that case please call me...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-title
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- First Performance
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Acknowledgements
- Authorās Note
- Characters
- Act One
- Act Two
- By the Same Author
- Copyright