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Holly Robinson
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Sarah gets spat at in the street. Frankie doesn't go to her lectures. In the aftermath of the tragic accident that brought them together, neither expects to find solace in the other's company.
Between hate mail and novelty teddy bears, the two women become something like friends. They want to punish themselves. They might just save each other.
A tender and unflinching story about motherhood, self destruction and the way women help each other heal.
Holly Robinson's debut play soft animals premiered at Soho Theatre in February 2019.
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British Drama1.
February.
Outside SARAHâs house in Fulham, London. The word âcuntâ has been spray-painted across her front door â we probably donât see this.
FRANKIE is stood outside the front door. Deciding whether to knock. Transfixed by the graffiti.
SARAH comes out.
SARAH. Did you do this?
FRANKIE. Sorry?
SARAH. This, did you do / it?
FRANKIE. No.
SARAH. Right.
FRANKIE. Really. Really. I.
SARAH. My neighbour says youâve been lingering â
FRANKIE. I was â just â
SARAH. Loitering, actually, she said loitering. Which seems / somewhat [loaded].
FRANKIE. I was â just â
SARAH. She hasnât spoken to me in four months and sixteen days. But now thereâs an obscenity on the front door â
You didnât do it?
FRANKIE. Spray-paint uh â
SARAH. Cunt?
FRANKIE. On your front door? No, I really did not.
Are you going to get rid of it?
SARAH. I think I might keep it. Adds value to the property. Cheaper than a conservatory.
FRANKIE. It looks like itâs still wet. The sooner you â
SARAH (waves her hands, her nails are drying). Canât anyway. Big meeting.
FRANKIE. Are you uh going to call the police?
SARAH. Over a little paint?
FRANKIE. Itâs â itâs not a little paint.
SARAH. Are you a journalist?
FRANKIE. No?
SARAH. Because Iâm not talking to journalists.
FRANKIE. Iâm not a journalist?
SARAH. Are you sure? You donât sound sure.
FRANKIE. I am. Sure. That Iâm not. A journalist.
SARAH. If youâre here about the house I will scream.
FRANKIE. Iâm not here about the house.
SARAH. Okay.
FRANKIE. Sorry. Actually. Iâm. Weâve. Actually. Weâve â
SARAH. Weâve what?
FRANKIE. Iâm Frankie?
SARAH (realises). Frankie.
FRANKIE. From â
SARAH. Yes.
Of course.
Your arm?
FRANKIE. Yes. It. It healed.
SARAH. Do you want to come in then, Frankie?
*
They are inside. They donât really have anything to say to each other.
SARAH. Would you like a cup of tea? | FRANKIE. Thatâs a lot of post. |
I havenât been opening it, since?
FRANKIE. No, Iâm okay, thank you.
SARAH. Youâre meant to say yes.
FRANKIE. Oh, okay. Um yes.
SARAH. Okay. Milk? Sugar?
FRANKIE. Are your nails dry?
SARAH. Oh. No. I should let them dry. Big meeting.
FRANKIE. Whatâs the / meeting?
SARAH. So why are you here?
FRANKIE. Um.
SARAH. Were you not expecting me to ask?
FRANKIE. Do you ever get on the Tube and you donât know where youâre going and you just end up â
SARAH. In Fulham?
FRANKIE. Sorry. Is this totally inappropriate? This is totally inappropriate. I donât know why I thought this was â
I just wanted to. I wanted to see you again.
SARAH. When youâve got a baby, you donât just end up anywhere. It sounds⊠nice.
I still havenât made your tea.
FRANKIE. Your nails.
SARAH. You make it. The tea bags are next to the bread bin, on the left.
FRANKIE. Okay.
I donât actually like tea.
SARAH. Then why did you say you wanted one?
FRANKIE. You said I was meant to.
SARAH. I was â joking. It was. You donât have to just because â
FRANKIE. I wasnât. I really wasnât.
SARAH. You can go.
She doesnât.
FRANKIE. You smudged your nails.
SARAH. Shit.
Iâm awful at it. I normally go to the salon but my usual girl weeps every time she sees me.
#
FRANKIE. I could do it for you?
Like only if you wanted.
SARAH. Thatâs [a strange thing to offer].
FRANKIE. Iâm good. Not like. I canât like draw animals on them or anything. But one coat. Easy.
SARAH. No. Itâs fine.
FRANKIE. Itâs no bother.
SARAH. I can do it myself.
FRANKIE. Iâm not doing anything else.
SARAH. I still donât really know why youâre here.
FRANKIE. Yeah. Nor do I.
But while I am â
#
SARAH. Okay.
FRANKIE paints SARAHâs nails â or she just holds her hand â either way they touch. It is the first time either of them have touched or been touched with care in months. It is unbearably intimate.
Are you going to cry?
FRANKIE. No.
SARAH. You look different.
FRANKIE. I put on some weight, I think. And my hair is [different â this can be more specific to the actorâs hairstyle].
SARAH. I donât want you to think I didnât recognise you because youâre black.
FRANKIE. I didnât think that. It was â you werenât focused on me.
SARAH. No.
FRANKIE. But white people never recognise me. They always think Iâm the other black girl they know. Literally none of my tutors at uni know who I am. To be fair, that might be because I never go lectures but.
SARAH. What do you do instead? Party?
FRANKIE. Sleep.
SARAH. Oh. What do you study?
FRANKIE. Theology.
SARAH. Theology?
FRANKIE. Yeah. What do you do? Are you back at work?
SARAH. No. I donât know what I do.
#
FRANKIE. Done.
SARAH. Thank you.
#
FRANKIE. I should let you get off to your meeting. I need to â
SARAH. Do you want to come?
FRANKIE. To your meeting?
SARAH. Itâs with my divorce lawyer.
FRANKIE. Iâve got to go â
SARAH. Or we could just end up somewhere!
FRANKIE. I really canât.
SARAH. No. Sorry. Of course.
FRANKIE. Itâs not that â I just.
SARAH. What?
FRANKIE. I promised to ring my nan.
SARAH. Oh, fuck your nan.
Sorry.
FRANKIE. I could come back.
SARAH. Yes?
FRANKIE. Yeah?
SARAH. You donât have to say yes just because my daughter is dead.
FRANKIE. Yeah, I know. Good luck â for your meeting.
SARAH. Yes.
FRANKIE. Sarah, you shouldnât. You shouldnât let him take all the stuff just because â
SARAH. I wasnât planning on, Frankie.
2.
A few days later. SARAHâs house.
FRANKIE has handed over a bottle of graffiti-remover liquid.
FRANKIE. Itâs pretty strong, I spilt some in my room and it still reeks. But the guy in the shop said it would strip anything off anything.
SARAH. You didnât have to.
FRANKIE. Yeah. Well.
SARAH. I wasnât sure youâd come back.
FRANKIE. You said I could.
SARAH. No, I know. I got something for you too, actually.
FRANKIE. For me?
SARAH. I went to the zoo. After my meeting, well, during. I walked out. Steven thinks he can sell the house, this house. Which. I decided ...