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I arrive at this house and drink oysters...

Genevieve

Splendour

Abi Morgan

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Character
Gender
Female
Playing Age
Adult
Style
Dramatic
Act/Scene
Act 1
Time & Place
A room in an opulent house on the edge of the city, present day
Length
Short
Time Period
Contemporary
Show Type
Play
Age Guidance
Mature Audiences (M)

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I arrive at this house and drink oysters and a liqueur. It goes to my head. I’m almost a flirt. Somebody mentions… ‘Your husband is a long time.’
[... …]
about some man who drank some magic beer and thought he was Super- man, a stupid nervous joke, inappropriate yet needed, badly timed yet delivered with the telling of a raconteur, funny, making her laugh. And I know… I know you killed my husband.

For full extended monologue, please refer to the script edition cited here: Abi Morgan, Splendour, Oberon Books, electronic edition, 2015, p.91

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