- 64 pages
- English
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Human Nurture
About this book
I don't agree with everything they say, but we do have a lot in common nowadays; anyway, I can't be racist, my best friend is Black. Roger and Harry's bond is so strong they could be brothers. They share the same food, music, computer games and even dreams... Everything other than their race. Roger is black, and Harry is white. But what does that matter, right? When Roger is re-homed, Harry is left behind in the care system, and these 'brothers' grow up in opposite ends of Britain's social spectrum. Then on Harry's birthday, Runaku (Roger's reclaimed Zimbabwean birth name) returns for a dream reunion that turns into a nightmare situation. Human Nurture is an explosive new play from Ryan Calais Cameron where nothing's off-limits: from innocent primary school humiliations to race, privilege, allyship and male vulnerability.
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Chapter
We hear the sounds of traffic, people shouting and police sirens.
Harry is alone in his flat sat pondering, miserable like he has the weight of the world on his shoulders.
His phone keeps going off. He eventually looks at the display then puts it back down again.
He takes a seat. Then the phone goes off again. This time Harry picks it up and answers.
HarryHey, man . . . Yea I know right . . . Yea Iām good, you know me canāt get me down . . . Nothing much just a quiet one . . . Yea, thanks, Jono, yea, I mean I werenāt looking to do much but ā
Bang bang bang!
Harry is startled.
Bang bang bang!
Harry (to the door)Who is it?
Runaku (offstage)Me
HarryWho?
Runaku (offstage)Me, me
HarryWhoās me?
Runaku (offstage; comically)Your sweetest dreams or your worst nightmare!
Harry (to the phone)One sec, Jono mate, let me call you back . . . yea everything is fine.
He hangs up the call.
Look. Go away, you dickhead!
Runaku (offstage)Open up!
HarryI donāt want no trouble yea, fuck off or Iām calling the police!
Runaku (offstage)You do that and I kidnap Mr Flufflebutt!
HarryI said fu ā . . . what?
Runaku (offstage)You donāt let me in and the Flufflebutt gets it, I aināt playing with you!
Silence.
Harry opens the door and Runaku runs inside at speed almost knocking Harry off his feet.
HarryFlufflebert not Flufflebutt, you idiot, why would I call it Flufflebutt.
RunakuWhy would you have a dusty little bear that smelt like raw saliva and cheap hair gel?
HarryWhat are you doing here?
Runaku You used to take that stinky bear with you everywhere, on some weird Mary had a little lamb type shit.
HarryWhatās wrong with you, why canāt you knock doors like a regular human.
Runaku That cheap gel got everywhere. Remember when you used to do that Jedward pineapple look thing? That was mad!
HarryRemember when you tried to do it too? That was mad!
Runaku Yea the ancestors were pissed!
They both laugh together, taking one another in for the first time tonight.
They then begin to do the Dragon Ball Z Fusion dance.
Both Fu-sion Ha!
They both laugh. Runaku attempts to hug Harry.
HarryCan you relax please?
Runaku Happy birthday, bro! I told you I would never forget . . . Is it shoes off?
HarryYou think Iām gonna let you have your naked toes all over my new flat?
Runaku (laughs)Iāve got socks on, you idiot.
They both laugh.
Big one eight! You donāt look a day over thirty-five.
HarryShut up.
Runaku Howāve you spent it?
HarryWork!
RunakuSeriously?
HarryNot all of us got six A*s at GCSE, we gotta earn our keep.
Runaku Well, you might have if you cared to sit them.
HarryWould they let me?! Said I wasnāt turning up to school enough so the geniuses decided to suspend me.
Runaku laughs.
HarrySo you going uni then?
Runaku Yea . . . my first choice is Reading.
HarryReading?
RunakuYea . . . what?
HarryNothing, just far innit?
RunakuFar from what? The whole entire world is our oyster baby!
HarryIām good here, man.
Runaku Course you are! You know they say misery loves company, but you . . . you seem to be all good on your own.
HarryWhy would I be celebrating the fact that eighteen years ago two people that have never even liked each other decided to have sex, and now Iāve gotta pay rent, bills and a service charge?
Runaku (laughs)Whatās wrong with you, man?
HarryItās a scam! I even refused to come out of the womb and they just pulled me out anyway.
Runaku āMan sues parents for being born without his consent.ā
HarryI would! If I only knew where either of those idiots were . . .
Runaku. . . Didnāt call then?
HarryMy mum sent me a visitor request from God knows where this time, my dad is somewhere playing happy families talking about how he ādefinitely will come down and visitā. Itās cool, mate, Iām not six years old anymore, donāt need any visitors.
Runaku I know, youāre eighteen going on eighty-eight.
HarryHowād you even get here, man?
Runaku I D...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Cast
- Lucas Button ā Harry
- Contents
- Human Nurture
- Characters
- Chapter
- eCopyright