Stephens - Morning

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is unconnected flashes of horror. Mary Bell,
from Cries Unheard: The Untold Story of Mary Bell
by Gita Sereny

Stephanie, seventeenCat, seventeenStephen, seventeenAlex, fifteemAnna, seventeenJacob, seventeen Characters given names can be changed to the given name of the actor playing each role. The play was written after a workshop involving actors from the Young Company at the Lyric Hammersmith and the Junges Theater Basel. Scenes 7, 10 and 12 are instrumental scenes and may be considered as starting points for choreography. Stephanie When are you going? Cat On Friday. Stephanie Is he very sad about you leaving? Cat I think so. Stephanie Is he very sad about you leaving? Cat I think so.

He took me for lunch. He tried to talk to me about it. He couldnt say anything. He got all embarrassed and told me that my mummy was going to miss me and that I should try really hard to be kind to her for the next few days. Stephanie Dick. Stephanie Where are you staying? Cat Ive got a room in the Halls of Residence. Stephanie Whatll that be like? Cat Horrible. Stephanie Whatll that be like? Cat Horrible.

Ive seen photographs of them. Theyre like small prison cells with printed curtains. Stephanie Ill come and see you. Cat You better had. Stephanie I could sleep on your floor. Cat Great. Some time.Stephanie Itll be shit here after youve gone. Cat Yeah. Stephanie Therell be nothing to do. Cat There never is. Stephanie No, but when youre around we usually think of something. Some time. Are you excited? Cat No. Stephanie Are you nervous? Cat No. Stephanie Are you slightly concerned that you might be the most stupid person in the whole place? Cat No. Stephanie Why not? Cat Because I wont be. Stephanie What are you going to do about money? Cat My dads set up a bank account for me. Stephanie What are you going to do about money? Cat My dads set up a bank account for me.

He put shitloads of money in it. Stephanie Has he? Cat Fucking loads. Stephanie You should spend it now. Cat Yeah. Stephanie We could go out together and spend it all. Stephanie And then youd just have to ask him for more. Stephanie And then youd just have to ask him for more.

Hed definitely give it to you. Cat I know. Stephanie When do you start work? Cat On Thursday. Theres an inaugural lecture about the history of the college and the history of the department. Itll be horrible. Stephanie Have you met any of the other students? Cat Some of them.

I met them when I went for an interview. Stephanie What are they like? Cat Curiously ugly. Stephanie I bet they are. Cat Every single last one of them had an entirely cuboid head and all their clothes were exactly the same colour and when they spoke no real words came out, just a series of metallic clicks. StephaniegivesCatan iPod Touch.Stephanie I brought you this. Stephanie Thats OK. Cat Where did you get it? Stephanie Its my brothers. Cat Excellent. Stephanie The apps hes got on it are fucking immature but you could get some more really easily. Stephanie The apps hes got on it are fucking immature but you could get some more really easily.

His passwords Cargese. C-A-R-G-E-S-E. Cat What does that mean? Stephanie Its a village in Corsica with a tower in it. We go there sometimes. Its his favourite place in the whole world. He goes fishing there.

He sits on his own for hours. Ive been with him a few times. Its shit. Cat Wont he mind you stealing it? Stephanie Yeah, probably. He loves it. Cat Hows he getting on? Stephanie Hes become unbearable. Cat Hows he getting on? Stephanie Hes become unbearable.

Sometimes I look at him and I cant stop myself from grinding my teeth. Its so loud he can hear it. He asks me what Im doing. He stinks. I fucking hate him. Stephanie OK. Some time. Do you know what Id like? Cat What? Stephanie Some ice cream. Cat Yeah. Stephanie Dont go. Stay here. Stay here.

Youll fucking hate it anyway. So you may as well. I know you extremely well and I know youd hate it. Ill go fucking insane if you go. Cat You wouldnt. Cat It doesnt matter. Cat It doesnt matter.

It wouldnt change my mind. Im not staying here under any circumstances. Its horrifying. The whole town stinks of sugar. The shops are all wretched. Its cold. Its cold.

You cant get any good stuff. Nothing ever happens. All my friends apart from you are boring. Including you sometimes. Including you a lot of the time. Stephanie I couldnt. Cat Why not? Stephanie Ill follow you. Cat You better hadnt. Stephanie Ill move there and get a job and get a flat there. Cat What jobll you get? Stephanie I could do any job, I think. Cat What jobll you get? Stephanie I could do any job, I think.

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