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Start: Because I’m the sort of woman who...

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The Children

Lucy Kirkwood

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Gender
Female
Playing Age
Mature Adult
Style
Dramatic
Act/Scene
Act 1
Time & Place
Present Day
Length
Medium
Time Period
Contemporary
Show Type
Play
Age Guidance
Thirteen Plus (PG-13)

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Start: Because I’m the sort of woman who forgets to take a pill in the morning, I’m just that sort of person, I don’t make lists or eat salad, I don’t do yoga or – I don’t have a pension even.

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End: And I wondered if maybe she was a bit mentally ill, but I did understand, in that moment, the fundamental difference between Hazel and me, and why you might be more drawn to…

To that sort of woman. To the sort of woman who is cautious, and doesn’t make mistakes.

For full extended monologue, please refer to the script edition cited here: Lucy Kirkwood, The Children, Nick Hern Books, 2016, pp. 80-1..

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