Frances, a popular novelist, was married to Martin, a lawyer.
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FRANCES: After Martin left, then the house was empty. The children had gone. The house had been there for a purpose, it seemed. And now the purpose was served. [...] Outside in the street, the Range Rovers were still double-parked, disgorging children, belching children into the road.
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So: I’m going to go after it, I’m going to pursue it, I’m going to find out everything. Just as it was. Exactly as it was.
For full extended monologue, please refer to clips or the script edition cited here: David Hare, The Breath of Life, Concord Theatricals, 2002, pp. 53-54.
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