Parry - Eugenia

With the exception of E UGENIA , they all sing vigorouslythe first two verses of an Italian folk song, Bella Ciao. V INCENT and W ALLACE stand to the side. One or both of the men accompany the song on guitar. While they sing, E UGENIA removes her womens clothing and hat. Underneath, she is dressed in a mans suit. She exits while the other women continue to sing. The singing stops and the women speak to each other and to the audience.

The guitar music continues under the womens dialogue. M RS B ASSANI : He was the most beautiful woman I ever know. He knew how a woman liked to be treated. V IOLET : She was the most romantic man I ever knew. M RS B ASSANI : Che buon amore. (Agoodlover.) R UBY : He was a right good lover all right.

V IOLET : He wouldnt be telling a woman to do anything. Hed ask. M RS B ASSANI : He was bella. Cos bella. R UBY : He knew what it felt like to be a woman. An when it come to kissin, Id say hed rate heavenly.

Heavenly plus. He wasnt afraid of gettin his lips wet. The guitar music stops. W ALLACE : He was a very confused young woman. The body was a house divided. A misused mansion.

The dwelling that had been designed for the sacred ceremonies of motherhood became a ribald clubhouse for the mock rites of masculinity. The guitar starts again and they all sing the last two verses of Bella Ciao as the woman dance the tarantella. M RS B ASSANI sweeps up E UGENIA sdiscarded garments as they all dance off.

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C OOPER enters just before G EORGINA finishes. He claps. C OOPER : Bravo! G EORGINA is embarrassed to realise that Cooper has been watching her. G EORGINA , good humouredly: Cooper! How long have you been spying on me, you sod! C OOPER : Hit them with that and youll have them eating out of your palm. Listen, our new drama teacher has just arrived I RIS