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Bill is in the midst of a breakdown and is struggling to find his way in the world that he has created. After a lifetime of treating his closest family, friends and colleagues with little respect, Bill has now found himself abandoned and rejected by those closest to him. Liz is Bill’s long standing mistress and one of the few people to truly love Bill. But she also knows exactly what type of man he is and does not expect him to change. She is patient and loyal, a so-called ‘predictability’ that
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START: Liz: My darling: are you all right?
Bill: Splendid.
Liz: Why don’t you come home?
Bill: Yes.
Liz: I’m sorry, I had to come. You didn’t answer the telephone.
Bill: Didn’t I?
Liz: I wasn’t interrupting anything was I?
Bill: No.
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END:Bill: Please don’t cry, love….I, I think it must be better if you don’t see me….don’t see me….yes….don’t. Please don’t don’t….I’ll have to put the receiver down….I think I’ll stay here….Well the Law Society or someone will, sometime….I think I’ll just stay here….Goodbye.
John Osborne. Inadmissible Evidence. Faber & Faber, 1965. pp.109-115
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