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    Pass It On
    Pass It On
    Pass It On
    Ebook176 pages49 minutes

    Pass It On

    By Renee

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    The middle play in the trilogy begun by Wednesday to Come and set amongst the Waterfront Lockout of the 1950's.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherVictoria University Press
    Release dateApr 1, 2014
    ISBN9780864737892
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      Book preview

      Pass It On - Renee

      RENEE

      PASS IT ON

      PASS IT ON

      Renée

      Victoria University Press

      To Rona, who lived the other side of the story

      Contents

      Half-title

      Title Page

      Dedication

      First Performance

      Characters

      Author’s Note

      Act One

      Scene One

      Scene Two

      Scene Three

      Scene Four

      Scene Five

      Scene Six

      Scene Seven

      Scene Eight

      Scene Nine

      Scene Ten

      Scene Eleven

      Scene Twelve

      Scene Thirteen

      Scene Fourteen

      Scene Fifteen

      Scene Sixteen

      Act Two

      Scene One

      Scene Two

      Scene Three

      Scene Four

      Scene Five

      Scene Six

      Scene Seven

      Scene Eight

      Scene Nine

      Scene Ten

      Scene Eleven

      Scene Twelve

      Scene Thirteen

      By the Same Author

      Copyright

      First Performance

      Pass It On was first performed by Theatre Corporate, Auckland, on 1 March 1986, with the following cast:

      N

      ELL

      Jennifer Ward-Lealand

      J

      EANNIE

      Judith Gibson

      C

      LIFF

      John Watson

      G

      US

      Michael Hurst

      Other parts were played by Caroline Hutchison, Alison Wall, Marion Parry, Simon Prast, Michael Morrissey, Miles Taylor and Peter McIntyre.

      Directed by Roger McGill

      Designed by Donald Grant Sutherland

      Lighting by Andrew Mayo

      Characters

      N

      ELL

      Thirty-four

      C

      LIFF

      Thirty-two

      J

      EANNIE

      Thirty

      G

      US

      Thirty-four

      Other parts are played by T

      WO

      W

      OMEN

      and T

      WO

      M

      EN

      .

      Author’s Note

      Two places in the set remain constant — Nell and Cliff’s kitchen, and Jeannie and Gus’s living room. Other places can be as flexible as required. Scenes should follow one another rapidly, fluidly. Lights, once the play is started, can be up all the time, with stronger levels on the scene being played. All actors are on stage most of the time.

      Paper used for the Bulletins should all be one colour.

      Act One

      Scene One

      Auckland, 15 February 1951.

      A wharf. There is a large notice, painted in white on a blackboard: ‘WORK IS OFFERED SUBJECT TO ACCEPTANCE OF NORMAL HOURS OF WORK INCLUDING OVERTIME IF REQUIRED’.

      C

      LIFF

      , G

      US

      , and T

      WO

      M

      EN

      stand looking at the sign. C

      LIFF

      goes. G

      US

      and the T

      WO

      M

      EN

      go into a huddle to discuss future plans.

      In N

      ELL

      and C

      LIFF

      ’s kitchen, N

      ELL

      is sewing at an electric sewing machine. She is making a skirt for her daughter C

      HRISTINE

      . She finishes a side seam, cuts off the cotton and holds up the skirt. On the radio Mario Lanza is singing ‘The Loveliest Night of the Year’. When C

      LIFF

      enters, N

      ELL

      gets up and turns the radio off.

      N

      ELL

      : It’s on then.

      C

      LIFF

      : Yes.

      N

      ELL

      : Oh! She is angry. She puts the sewing machine away, taking the cotton off the spool and putting the lid on, through the following conversation.

      C

      LIFF

      : The union’ll see us right.

      N

      ELL

      : I suppose they’ll put food in the kids’ mouths and shoes on their feet!

      C

      LIFF

      : They’ve said they’ll see us right and they will.

      N

      ELL

      : You’d believe anything!

      C

      LIFF

      : I know you’re worried.

      N

      ELL

      : Too right I’m worried. How long is this going to go on?

      C

      LIFF

      : Till the shipowners give us a decent wage.

      N

      ELL

      : A long time then!

      C

      LIFF

      : Nell. I’ve tried to explain. I don’t know what else I can do.

      N

      ELL

      : You could go to work!

      C

      LIFF

      : I can’t.

      N

      ELL

      : Well then?

      C

      LIFF

      : I’m sorry Nell.

      C

      HRISTINE

      and D

      I

      , N

      ELL

      ’s twin daughters, aged 13, run in from school.

      C

      HRISTINE

      : Mum! Mum! Save me!

      C

      HRISTINE

      is chased by D

      I

      . She runs to N

      ELL

      and hides behind her. D

      I

      tries to catch her. N

      ELL

      is an unwilling piggy-in-the-middle.

      N

      ELL

      : Here! Cut it out! What are you doing! Diana, Christine, I said cut it out!

      D

      I

      : She’s got my pin-up!

      C

      HRISTINE

      : It’s not yours!

      D

      I

      : Is!

      C

      HRISTINE

      : You gave it to me!

      N

      ELL

      : Be quiet! Give me that! To C

      HRISTINE

      : Go on!

      C

      HRISTINE

      reluctantly hands over the picture.

      Now. Put your cases away and make yourselves useful. Get Cliff and me a cup of tea.

      D

      I

      : Oh Mum! Can I have it! It really is mine.

      C

      HRISTINE

      : She gave it to me!

      D

      I

      : Did not!

      C

      HRISTINE

      : You said if I got you a gob-stopper I could have it!

      D

      I

      : Only for a loan!

      N

      ELL

      : It’s nobody’s until we get a cup of tea.

      D

      I

      pokes her tongue out at C

      HRISTINE

      as she moves off. C

      HRISTINE

      follows.

      C

      LIFF

      : I’ll have to explain to them.

      N

      ELL

      : Best of

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