Once Upon a Time at the Adelphi - Phil Willmott
Once Upon a Time at the Adelphi - Phil Willmott
Once Upon a Time at the Adelphi - Phil Willmott
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JO AS YOUNG ALICE: Is th<strong>at</strong> all? I thought you were going to ask me… I<br />
thought you were going to ask me… oh forget it.<br />
THOMPSON: (KINDLY) You thought I was going to ask you to marry me?<br />
JO AS YOUNG ALICE: Yes.<br />
THOMPSON: Oh Alice. I can’t marry you.<br />
JO AS YOUNG ALICE: Why not.<br />
THOMPSON: I’d really love to marry you but it just wouldn’t work out… I’m..<br />
I’m just not… I let people down.<br />
JO AS YOUNG ALICE: You don’t fancy me?<br />
THOMPSON: No. Well yes, yes very much as a person. I do love you.<br />
JO AS YOUNG ALICE: Then wh<strong>at</strong>’s <strong>the</strong> problem? Men! Cowards <strong>the</strong> lot of you.<br />
THOMPSON: I’m not a coward!<br />
JO AS YOUNG ALICE: Then wh<strong>at</strong> are you scared of?<br />
THOMPSON: It’s not th<strong>at</strong> I’m sacred. It’s just… You’re special, wh<strong>at</strong> we<br />
have… I don’t want things between us to go sour when it turns out...<br />
JO AS YOUNG ALICE: When it turns out you’re a coward.<br />
FRITZ EDGES ALONG A LEDGE BELOW THEM AND CALLS UP.<br />
FRITZ: I went to Blundell sands. Like you said. It was horrible.<br />
THOMPSON: (TO FRITZ) Wh<strong>at</strong> are you doing up here?<br />
FRITZ: I’m going to make a spectacular protest for <strong>the</strong> f<strong>at</strong>herland. I shall<br />
throw myself from <strong>the</strong> hotel and ruin <strong>the</strong>ir smug celebr<strong>at</strong>ions.<br />
JO AS YOUNG ALICE: (ALARMED) Thompson!<br />
THOMPSON: Right, I’ll show you who’s a coward.<br />
HE CLIMBS DOWN TOWARDS FRITZ.<br />
JO AS YOUNG ALICE: Thompson!<br />
FRITZ: Wh<strong>at</strong> are you doing?<br />
THOMPSON: I’m rescuing you.<br />
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