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The Rice family have recently lost their eldest son, Mick, who was captured and killed while serving the British Army during the Suez Crisis. Mick’s funeral has taken place and the family are now back at home. Archie and Billy start to natter but Jean grows increasingly angry. Jean has recently returned home after living in London and she cannot abide their attitude. She wants the family to show some emotion and is frustrated that Archie is not grieving appropriately.
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JEAN: Well, that's that.
(Picks up some newspapers.)
Can anyone tell me what the whole thing added up to? (Pause.)
ARCHIE: My aunt always used to say the same thing, ‘Well, they gave him a good send off.’ Always said it without fail.
[... …]
ARCHIE: Well, I never really believed in all that inner cleanliness anyway. Did I leave a bottle of beer in here last night?
PHOEBE: I don't think so, dear.
ARCHIE: If you're not careful, Jean, people will start putting labels on you pretty soon. And then you'll just be nobody. You'll be nobody like the rest of us.
Osborne, John. Plays Two: the Entertainer, the Hotel in Amsterdam, West Of Suez and Time Present. London: Faber & Faber, 1998. Pp. 68-71
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