Ralph has decided that today is the day...

Ralph has decided that today is the day for some action. He is fed up with his landlady and is restless. This is the first abduction of a young girl he describes to the audience, but it is clear that he has done this before. Ralph spots a young girl on the street and befriends her, before bundling her into his van. He didn’t bargain on her having secateurs, but decides to use them to his advantage. This abduction (and subsequent murder) forms the basis for the plot of the whole play.

START: You know it’s one of those days / you’re just going to do it / you might do it. I suppose I’m mostly a bit of a cold fish

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END: (He puts the top on the bottle of hand lotion. Secures it.) Lovely evening. Sunny...but with a light southerly breeze...

For full extended monologue, please refer to the script edition cited here: Bryony Lavery, Frozen, Faber & Faber, 2002, pp. 15-20.