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Good evening, ladies and gentlemen—Archie Rice is the name. Archie Rice. Mrs Rice's favourite boy. We're going to entertain you for the next two and a half hours and you've really had it now. All the exit doors locked. Talking about being locked in, some of these people ought to be locked up. Locked up.
[... …]
What's the use of despair,
If they call you a square?
If they see that you're blue, they'll—look down on you
So why should I bother to care? (Thank God I'm normal!)
So why should I bother to care?’
Osborne, John. Plays Two: the Entertainer, the Hotel in Amsterdam, West Of Suez and Time Present. London: Faber & Faber, 1998. Pp. 19-20.
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