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- English
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Fifty-Fifty
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George, 54, cannot understand why his wife left him. She offered him no real explanation and in his terms he has always treated her decently. The play looks at the problems of redundancy and unemployment, and by the end we may more fully understand the wife's decision.
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Fifty-Fifty
Scene One
Saturday morning
The sitting-room of a modern flat on the sixth floor. Doors leading off to a hall, bedroom and kitchen.
The sitting-room includes built-in shelves and cupboards, a writing desk, a large, heavy table, three-piece suite, and a small coffee table with a brass top. On the wall, a brass barometer, and a mirror. On the shelves, books, a globe, cassette tapes, and a cassette player with small speakers (but not a cheap player — an expensive miniature system). The fireplace has a gas fire built in, and there are radiators by one wall near the window. On the mantelpiece is a Moorcroft vase. Bottle of Windowlene and a rag on the table. On the floor, a bag with dirty clothes spilling out of it.
The sitting-room includes built-in shelves and cupboards, a writing desk, a large, heavy table, three-piece suite, and a small coffee table with a brass top. On the wall, a brass barometer, and a mirror. On the shelves, books, a globe, cassette tapes, and a cassette player with small speakers (but not a cheap player — an expensive miniature system). The fireplace has a gas fire built in, and there are radiators by one wall near the window. On the mantelpiece is a Moorcroft vase. Bottle of Windowlene and a rag on the table. On the floor, a bag with dirty clothes spilling out of it.
GEORGE enters from the kitchen with a cloth and Vim in hand. He goes to a list and ticks something off. He checks what is next on the list, sighs, and gets out a vacuum cleaner, wrestling with it angrily, obviously hating to use the thing. The doorbell rings: he is about to start it.
He answers the front door and brings back into the room SARAH, who is in her early thirties; a well-dressed, attractive woman.
He answers the front door and brings back into the room SARAH, who is in her early thirties; a well-dressed, attractive woman.
GEORGE: Sorry about the mess. I did remember you were coming, but I hadn’t realised how late it was. (Proffers list.) Eleven a.m., Sarah Lang, see.
SARAH: Yes. (She looks round.) It is Monday you’re moving out?
GEORGE: Yes, yes. Everything will be out by then. I’ve got the family coming over this morning to give me a hand. Sort things out. And we’ve got people coming tonight.
SARAH: Where are you shifting to?
GEORGE: Er … not quite sure yet.
SARAH: But you’ve only got three days.
GEORGE: I’ll find somewhere. Something’ll turn up — it always does. I’ve made a list — do sit down. Ah! (Finds list.) Second thoughts, don’t sit down. Radiator.
They go over to it.
It’s a bit tricky — you turn this handle here anti-clockwise … don’t let the indicator marks on it fool you, they don’t mean a thing. What I usually do is turn it as far as I can, and when it’s hot enough turn it back to about half way. Failing that, kick it. Failing that again, send for Mr Burgess.
SARAH: Mr Burgess is the port...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-title
- Title Page
- Table of Contents
- First Performance
- Characters
- Fifty-Fifty
- By the Same Author
- Copyright
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