- 96 pages
- English
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The Hen Night Epiphany
About this book
Should some secrets never be kept no matter what the cost? Five women come together to help clear out a run-down cottage a week before the wedding of its new owner, Una. Joining her on this hen night of sorts are her two best friends, Kelly and Triona, her soon to be mother-in-law, Olive, and Olive's best friend, Anta. But Una is keeping a secret that, if revealed, will destroy all hopes of her dream wedding and living happily ever after with the love ofher life. As the play unfolds we see the women, one by one, forced to confront awkward truths of their own.
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Act 1
Late afternoon. The rear of a slightly rundown hillside cottage overlooking Dublin in the far distance. Scattered around is various household debris from the previous tenants. UNA enters carrying a holdall and a small tent which she drops. A roll of architectural drawings tied with a ribbon and with a rose attached is tied to the door. She smiles when she sees it, takes off the rose and kisses it. As she opens the door with her keys KELLY enters and flakes to the ground.
KELLY: Pleaseā¦say thisā¦is it?
UNA: Whereād the others get to?
KELLY: They died a mile or so back.
UNA puts the rose and plans away then takes a pair of binoculars from one of the bags.
KELLY: I think I have the bendsā¦
As UNA looks out.
KELLY: Arenāt you going to plant a flag first?
UNA: A flag?
KELLY: I thought thatās what youāre supposed to do when you reach the top of a mountain.
UNA: Itās a hill, silly.
KELLY: Are you blind? We passed through cloud back there.
UNA: Cnoc na RĆ. The Kingās hill.
KELLY: Kingās hill my hole. Ten minutes you said. Over half an hour that hike took.
UNA: Because someone kept stopping.
KELLY: Yes Una. To breathe. Anyway, I donāt know why you left the car down at the bottom. That road, if you could call it that, was wide enough.
UNA: I told you before, pot holes.
KELLY: Iāve seen worse.
UNA: Already given us two punctures. You ever try changing a wheel on a slope?
KELLY: Faced with that hike Iād take my chances any day of the week.
UNA: Well, weāre here now, thatās the main thing.
KELLY sizes the place up.
KELLY: So, this is it, what weāve all been hearing about for the last few weeks?
UNA: In all its pride and gloryā¦
KELLY: Wowā¦Iād sure love to afford a place like this.
UNA takes off her cardigan and starts to unpack some items.
UNA: Well, come on, the quicker we get unpacked the quicker we get to have some fun.
KELLY nods to a bruise on UNAās arm.
KELLY: Ouch.
UNA: Huh?
KELLY: That looks nasty.
UNA: Oh that. The other day, we were tossing a dresser onto the skip. Bloody thing toppled over and caught me.
KELLY: Jesusā¦
UNA: Would have been flattened only Kevin grabbed it on time.
KELLY sees the rose and waves it at her.
KELLY: A regular knight in shining armour that fella, huh?
UNA: (Hesitates briefly.) Yeah.
She puts the rose aside then tosses KELLY a table cloth then puts her cardigan back on.
UNA: Here. Stick that over those crates, itāll do for eating off later.
KELLY: Give us a chance to get my breath back, will you?
UNA: Think of it as my revenge for missing your dress fitting the other day.
KELLY takes her jacket off and puts the sheet over the crates.
KELLY: (Awkwardly.) I told you, I was at the doctors.
UNA: Listen missy, for the next five days my wedding takes precedent over anyoneās health. I donāt care if itās a matter of life and death.
UNA peers out with the binoculars.
UNA: Still takes my breath away.
KELLY: Look, about thatā¦
UNA: On a clear day you can just about make out Dublin.
KELLY: Unaā¦
UNA: Thought Iād never get away from itā¦the whole sorry lot.
(Pauses.) Sorry, were you saying somethingā¦?
(Pauses.) Sorry, were you saying somethingā¦?
KELLY: My date for the wedding.
UNA: Oh yeah, Mr Right. Must be nearly two months now, a record. Canāt believe weāre actually gonna get to meet him at last.
KELLY: Well thatās just it you see. You wonāt.
UNA: Wonāt?
KELLY: (Reluctantly.) Heās not going.
UNA: Aw Kelly, and youāre only telling me this now?
KELLY: I only found out the other day.
UNA: Itās gonna mess up the whole seating arrangements. Not to mention a four-course meal going to waste.
KELLY: Iām sure youāll have no problem filling it.
UNA: So, what did this one do? Fart in bed, belchā¦pick his nose?
KELLY: Nothing actually.
UNA: Youāre so picky and you wonder why you havenāt got a man.
KELLY: I said he did nothing.
UNA: Well now, thereās a first.
KELLY: The other day. When I couldnāt make it for the dress fittingā¦
UNA: You said youād a sore throat. I didnāt believe it for a minute.
KELLY: Well, I wasnāt exactly lying. I did go to the doctors.
She is interrupted as TRIONA enters in a bad mood.
TRIONA: Do me a favour. Next time, order a helicopter.
She flings her baggage down.
UNA: I thought you got l...
Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Half-title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Characters
- Act 1
- Act 2