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Character
Gender
Male
Playing Age
Mature Adult
Style
Dramatic
Act/Scene
Act 2
Time & Place
West Country, England, 1939
Length
Short
Time Period
Contemporary
Show Type
Play
Age Guidance
Youth (Y)/General Audiences (G)
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Tom Oakley has come to the grave of his late
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Bought ‘em at the paint shop. Your paint shop, Rachel. Remember? Your favourite place. Tubes and pots and brushes. Colours. ‘Paint has a lovely smell, ent it,’ you’d say, spinnin’ with delight, eyes lit up. ‘And a lovely feel!’ Your shop. I went in. First time in forty years. First time since… Bought the pencils. Asked to ‘ave the boy’s name put on...
David Wood, Goodnight Mister Tom, Samuel French Acting Edition, 2014, p.71
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