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Val is visiting her friend Shirley. Val is profoundly depressed and
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GEOFFREY: Could do with some dinner.
SHIRLEY: Ent you got a civil tongue?
GEOFFREY: I don’t hold you personally responsible, Val. You’re a symptom of the times. Everything’s changing, everything’s going down.
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GEOFFREY: … keep us alive, that’s all. I’m growing Chinese radishes. I’ve never eaten Chinese food and I never will. Friend of mine grows Japanese radishes and takes them to Bradford, tries to seel them to the Pakis. Pakis don’t want them. You want to pull yourself together, girl, that’s what you want to do.
For the full extended scene, see the script edition cited below: Caryl Churchill, Fen. Plays 2, Methuen Drama, 1990. pp. 133-134.
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