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The Man has brought his new girlfriend, the Woman, to his remote cabin above a river. He is a keen trout fisherman and is gathering his kit together. It is the one night of the year when the moon disappears and the sea trout run through his patch of the river, making it the perfect time to fish. The Man wants the Woman to come with him and experience the magic of the evening. However, the Woman has no interest in fishing, but would rather stay in to finish her book and watch the glorious
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START: The Woman: Here. (Calls.) Quick! Come here. Don’t miss this. Quickly.
Enter THE MAN, carrying assorted fly-fishing equipment.
THE MAN (to himself). Torch. Reel. Spare reel. Leader. Fly-box. Flies…
THE WOMAN. Quickly. You must see this.
THE MAN. Forceps. Scotch. Baccy. Gink. Priest. Where’s my priest?
THE WOMAN. You are missing the most incredible thing.
[... …]
END: THE WOMAN. You tried to teach me to cast all day on the beach. All I did was make knots. I couldn’t do it in broad / daylight.
THE MAN. It’s easy. You / just feel it.
THE WOMAN. How am I going to do it in the pitch bloody dark.
THE MAN (interrupting). There are monsters out there. Huge monsters. In the water. Right now!
THE WOMAN. You’re really selling this.
Jez Butterworth, The River, NHB Modern Plays, electronic edition, 2012, pp.8-12.
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