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Fair Play
About this book
The clocks are set. The line is drawn. They've got a chance to be champions. But at what cost? When Ann joins Sophie's running club she's thrown into a world of regimented training and pure focus. The two girls couldn't be more different, but soon their shared passion makes them inseparable â dreaming in lanes and lap-times, waking up picturing Olympic medals, each day stronger and faster⌠But set head to head in the run up to the World Championships, they find themselves and their friendship put to the ultimate test. As their relationships, their bodies and their very identities are pulled into public scrutiny, does being exceptional come at too high a price? A gripping exploration of the underside of women's athletics, Fair Play is the new work from Ella Road ( The Phlebotomist ) â 'the most promising young playwright in Britain' (The Telegraph ). This edition was published to coincide with the world premiere at Bush Theatre, London, in December 2021.
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Athletics track. Post-collision. Out of breath.
Sophie Stay in your / lane!
Ann Iâm so, / so
Sophie / Jesus
Ann Sorry /, Iâm
Sophie Christ /
Ann Sorry, I didnât / see you
Sophie You ran right into me, you / literally
Ann Yeah, no, sorry I was / just
Sophie You have to look before crossing the / inside lane
Ann I know. / Sorry.
Sophie Youâve just fucked up my rep. Fucked it.
Sophie bends to catch her breath.
Ann Sorry, I was just, I wasnât looking where I was / going
Sophie Youâre lucky I didnât run straight into you.
Beat.
Ann You were going proper fast on that one. Looking proper strong.
Pause. Sophieâs breath slows.
Sophie Iâve never seen you before.
Ann No, I. First session, my first time down here, / so
Sophie checks the time.
Sophie Iâve got one more rep. Keep out of the inside lane.
Ann Well I got another set, three hundreds, weâre using lane one as well, / so
Sophie I mean when youâre not running. Obviously.
Ann Oh. Right. Sure. Sorry . . . Again.
Beat.
Youâre Sophie King, right?
Sophie Yeah.
Ann Iâm . . .
But /
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Track outbuildings. Post-session. Cold.
Ann Um. Sorry. Dâyou know where I can get some / water?
Sophie Good session.
Ann Oh. Oh, cheers.
Sophie You were right up in the mix.
Ann Only on the last one. And itâs just C-group, innit.
Sophie Better than D-group.
Ann Is there a D-group?
Sophie No. But youâre here arenât you?
Ann Ha. Yeah. No yeah, I mean . . . yeah. / Ha.
Sophie 800 metres?
Ann nods.
Sophie Me too.
Ann Yeah, I know. I mean obviously, I mean I saw you race up in Glasgow? You slayed it! You were / amazing
Sophie Oh / thanks
Ann I mean I didnât actually see you see you, I mean like I watched online. Such an incredible race, man, the way you just kicked! So tactical, like so / impressive
Sophie Where did Paul poach you from?
Ann Well, he didnât exactly poach / me
Sophie Like âscoutâ then, whatever.
Ann English Schools? But Mum wouldnât let me join, like she wanted me to do first term of A-levels first, / so
Sophie I meant like . . . where did you transfer from?
Ann Oh! Richmond AC?
Sophie You from there then? Richmond?
Ann No, well Iâm . . . Iâm from . . . Well, Nigerian actually, like I was born in Nigeria, / then
Sophie Oh, no, sorry I meant, I literally, sorry, I just meant like where do you . . . live?
Ann Oh! Ha. Weâre in like . . . Hounslow?
Sophie Hounslow? Thatâs, where is that? Thatâs . . .
Ann West London? / Itâs
Sophie Thatâs far.
Ann Yeah.
Sophie You travel down here every session?!
Ann Well, gonna see how it goes.
Sophie Nigeria. Thatâs cool. When did you move here?
Ann Oh, when I was tiny. Mumâs got a bunch of family here, so.
Beat.
Sophie Ann, right? Ann Ayaba?
Ann âAyabaâ
Sophie âAnn Ayabaâ.
Beat.
If you go in ther...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Fair Play
- Credits
- Cast
- Fair Play
- Cast
- Dedication
- Contents
- Prologue
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
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- Epilogue
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