McLean - Any Given Day
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A sharply perceptive, darkly funny riff on urban isolation by one of Scotlands leading playwrights.
This is a big day for Sadie and Bill; their favourite person is coming to visit. Theyve gone to great lengths to prepare for the occasion. Its an even bigger day for Jackie; and not one shed anticipated. Should she make the most of it? She doesnt know if she can any more; too many people depend on her.
Any Given Day explores our fear of the unknown, and our guilt and responsibility towards ourselves and others.
as bold, unnerving and fraught as anything McLean has written - Guardian
an excellent play which truly does horrify on so many levels - Independent
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Linda McLean
ANY GIVEN DAY
NICK HERN BOOKS
London
www.nickhernbooks.co.uk
Contents
Any Given Day was first performed at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, on 29 May 2010. The cast was as follows:
SADIE | Kathryn Howden |
BILL | Lewis Howden |
JACKIE | Kate Dickie |
DAVE | Phil McKee |
BOY | Jamie Quinn |
Director | Jonathan Fensom |
Designer | Lizzie Powell |
Lighting Designer | John Harris |
Sound Designer | Gemma Smith |
For Kenneth
Characters
Play One
BILL, fifties
SADIE, forties
BOY
Play Two
JACKIE, forties
DAVE, fifties
The first play takes place in a flat in the city.
The second play takes place in a bar.
ONE
BILL and SADIE live with each other in a council owned flat.
They were, for a long time, kept in a home for the mentally defective but were released into the community when their and other similar institutions were closed in the early 1990s.
SADIE | Is Jackie coming today? |
BILL | Aye. |
SADIE | |
BILL | Aye? |
SADIE | Aye. |
Well? | |
BILL | Dont act daft. |
You know shes coming. | |
She said she would be here. | |
SADIE | Im not daft. |
BILL | Daft as a bloody brush. |
Basil bloody Brush. | |
SADIE | Dont. |
Dont you. | |
BILL | HA HA HA HA |
SADIE | I dont like Basil Brush. |
BILL | Thats you. |
SADIE | Dont. |
BILL | Well |
SADIE | Well yourself. |
BILL | HA HA HA HA |
SADIE | Ill go out of here. |
BILL | You do that. |
Basil. | |
SADIE | Right you. |
BILL | Put the water on while youre in there. |
SADIE | Im not making tea. |
BILL | Who asked you? |
SADIE | Its coming. |
BILL | Sos Christmas. |
SADIE | Aye. |
So it is. | |
BILL | Do you think Jackie would like flowers? |
SADIE | For her Christmas? |
BILL | What else? |
Her birthdays long by. | |
SADIE | Aye. |
BILL | What kind? |
SADIE | I dont know. |
BILL | Thats right, Basil. |
SADIE | Dont. |
BILL | Or vouchers? |
SADIE | Vouchers. |
BILL | Thats what you want. |
SADIE | No. |
BILL | I know what you want. |
SADIE | I dont think flowers grow at Christmas. |
BILL | Aye. |
They do. | |
SADIE | Where? |
BILL | Somewhere. |
Theyre in the Marks and Spencer book. | |
SADIE | Even at Christmas? |
BILL | Asda an all. |
SADIE | So they are. |
I remember now. | |
BILL | No you dont. |
SADIE | I do. |
Ill show you. | |
Where is that book? | |
BILL | HA HA HA HA |
SADIE | Right. |
Thats it. | |
Im off. | |
BILL | Make us a cup of tea. |
While youre in there. | |
SADIE | No. |
BILL | How no? |
SADIE | You make me mad. |
BILL | Make us a cup of tea. |
SADIE | Do you want a cup of tea? |
BILL | When do I ever say no to a cup of tea? |
SADIE | I dont know. |
BILL | Never. |
Thats when. | |
Never say no to a cup of tea. | |
Thats me. | |
SADIE | Never say no. |
BILL | Refuse only blows. |
SADIE | What time is it? |
BILL | Early. |
SADIE | That clock doesnt tell the right time. |
BILL | Im not going by the clock. |
SADIE | Not going by the clock. |
BILL | Ive got my watch. |
Dafty. | |
SADIE | Im not daft. |
BILL | Anyway. |
Nothing to worry about. | |
Its still light. | |
SADIE | So it is. |
BILL | Jackie wouldnt come in the dark. |
SADIE | No no. |
She couldnt come in the dark. | |
BILL | Dont worry. |
SADIE | We couldnt open the door in the dark. |
BILL | No. |
SADIE | Not once its dark. |
BILL | We did once. |
SADIE | That was just that once. |
BILL | Once is once. |
SADIE | That bad day. |
BILL | I know. |
SADIE | No phone no door. |
BILL | I know. |
SADIE | Not after dark. |
BILL | Jackie wont come after dark. |
SADIE | Did she say a time? |
BILL | You know what shes like. |
SADIE | Butterfly Brain. |
BILL | Thats her. |
SADIE | Butterflybrain. |
BILL | Come away from the window. |
SADIE | Just in case. |
Just in case she was in the street. |
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