fiji land

Nick Gill

• Publisher: Oberon Books
• Year: 2014
• Print ISBN: 9781783190904
• eBook ISBN: 9781783195893
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: British Drama
• Index: Literature

"Look. no one cares. no one cares what we do as long as we're here, doing what we're told" Welcome to Fiji Land. Things are very simple here. Follow orders. Fight the good fight. You can even take photos. Grainer's new. He asked to come over here. Wolstead likes to watch people while they sleep. Meanwhile, Tanc's here to do what he's told and do it proper. Fiji Land is a surreal and incisive play about the very real things that happen when cell doors shut and the world looks away. "as long as we're safe, we don't want to know what's going on to keep it that way, do we?"

i)

WOLSTEAD takes photos at intervals.

G	has he got quieter?
W	who?
G	who do you think?
	him
W	he’s always quiet
G	yeah but
	I dunno
	seems weird
W	ah
	he’s just got a job to do
	preoccupies him
G	oh
	so you know about this, do you?
W	what?
G	all this new stuff going on
W	what?
	what new stuff?
G	oh come on
	don’t you fucking play innocent
W	I have no idea what you’re talking about, little one
	you’re losing it
	cold’s getting to you
G	a) fuck off am I losing it
	b) it’s not cold
	I’m fucking roasting here
W	stop shouting
G	I’m shouting because I don’t like being kept in the dark
	ok?
W	you’re not being kept in the dark
	I have no idea what you’re talking about
G	you’re a fucking liar
W	fine
G
	all the paper
W
	what?
G	all that paper that’s arrived
	big fuck-off bundle of the stuff
	all typed out
	new orders or something
	all them charts and tables and whatnot
	tickboxes and stuff
	you must have seen them
W
G	look
	something’s happened, alright?
	don’t play dumb
W	not playing anything
G	yeah
W	look, alright then
	so something new’s turned up
	so what?
	doesn’t affect us
G	it might
W	if it did, we’d know about it
G	very trusting all of a sudden, aren’t you?
W
	look
	it doesn’t matter what it is
	it’s not going to change anything
	if he’s not telling you anything,
	just means he’s got more work to do now, doesn’t it?
	leave him to it
	you keep pushing him, you might end up having to do it
	couldn’t have that, now could we?
G
	you’d better not be keeping this shit from me
W	or what?
G	just better not

GRAINER is shaking a photo.

W	I’ve told you it doesn’t do anything
	the pictures
G	not doing it for that
	it’s a fan
	keeps me cool
W	right
	it doesn’t do anything
G	you said
	why do you care?
W
	can’t you just fuck off for a bit?
G	where?
	hmm?
	and do what?
	there’s nothing to do
W	I don’t know
	anything
	christ, ...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Dedication
• Characters
• Chapter A
• Chapter B
• Chapter C
• Chapter D
• Chapter E
• Chapter F
• Chapter G
• Chapter H
• Chapter I
• Chapter J
• Chapter K
• Chapter L
• Chapter M
• Chapter N
• Chapter O
• Chapter P
• Chapter Q
• Chapter R
• Chapter S