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START: Ah. (_He opens the letter. Will...

Tom Oakley

Goodnight Mister Tom

David Wood

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Gender
Male
Playing Age
Mature Adult
Style
Dramatic
Act/Scene
Act 1
Time & Place
West Country, England, 1939
Length
Medium
Time Period
Contemporary
Show Type
Play
Age Guidance
Youth (Y)/General Audiences (G)

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START: Ah. (He opens the letter. William watches warily as he reads it)
(Frowniing at what he reads) Tshh.
(
He reaches in the bag and brings out a brown leather belt with a steel buckle. Seeing it, William, terrified, leaps up and hides under the table. Sammy wakes
)
(Angry) Come out!
[... …]
END: Now then. Chair for clothes.
(William nods)
Shoes and socks off. Sit if yer like. Then put these on. (
He hands him the woolly socks) Chilly in bare feet.
(William nods. He sits and takes his shoes and socks off as Tom unfolds the nightshirt.)
(
Showing William a chamber-pot
) This is so’s you don’t have to go outside to go to the toilet. Right?

_For full extended monologue, please refer to clips or the script edition cited here: David Wood, Goodnight Mister Tom, Samuel French Acting Edition, 2014, pp.21-23 _

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