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| Further Relations Introduction and Scene 1 | |
| By BrianRobertNeal | ||||||
| 15 October 2005 | ||||||
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This will get a re-write. The role of the narrator is reducing and I've yet to write Prologues and Epilogues. I am tempted to drop both. The styles of the two Plays are quite different. With the other characters moving to the fore and Nigel moving away from stage centre. Act is plotted but one scene has yet to be envisaged let along plotted. THIS IS WORK IN PROGRESS THE PLAY WAS ABANDONNED PART WRITTEN. THE BRACKETTED ITEMS HAVE YET TO BE WRITTEN. IM WONDERING WHETHER IT COULD IN FACT FORM ACT 2 OF THE FIRST PLAY? FURTHER RELATIONS. TWO ACT PLAY BY BRIAN NEAL. This play follows on from the previous play-a Matter of Relations. Amongst other things that play had shown was the collapse of Nigel's family home. With the death of their mother the glue that held the bothers and the sister in albeit remote and sometimes-hostile relationship was gone. However Arwen becomes the new centralising force providing Nigel with love, Georgie with a surrogate baby sister and Gerry with a Big Sister he can like. Under Arwen's influence even Gerry and Georgina start for the 1st time to get on. Nigel and Arwen's home becomes the new family home that pulls in not just Nigel, Gerry and Georgie but Halfling- Arwen's eldest daughter and Threeson- Nigel's youngest son. Nigel's 2 eldest sons have sided with their mother and have rejected Nigel. Likewise Arwen's youngest 2 daughters have gone to live with their father and have rejected Arwen. Gerry blossoms as Threeson's Uncle and Georgie quietly sees Halfling as her lost daughter re-born. Nigel sits back and is just happy to be happy and Arwen runs everything in a loving maternal way. Nigel is still frightened that infirmity will hit the relationship with Arwen and unfortunately it does. CAST NARRATOR MOTHER FATHER NIGEL ARWEN GEORGINA GERALD HALFLING-ARWEN'S ELDEST DAUGHTER THREESON-NIGEL'S YOUNGEST SON. ACT 1 (PROLOGUE) SCENE 1-ENTER GERRY. SCENE 2-ENTER GEORGIE SCENE 3-ENTER HALFLING SCENE 4-ENTER THREESON SCENE 5-A BELATED HOUSE WARMING SCENE 6-A WORRYING ONSET (EPILOGUE) (ACT 2 PROLOGUE SCENE 1-THREESON AND HALFLING SCENE 2-THINGS WORSEN SCENE 3-DOWN THE PUB SCENE 4-HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF SCENE 5- SCENE 6-QUARTERLING. EPILOGUE) ACT 1 PROLOGUE Unwritten. SCENE 1-ENTER GERRY NARRATOR-Despite Nigel's clever Barrister friend Gerry had been taken to the cleaners. Gerry, Nigel and Arwen had gone back to Gerry's and packed his personal belongings. In their 2 cars they had easily carried all that Gerry's life had accumulated. That is of course the bit that the court let him keep. They then drove back to Arwen's house, parked at the back and entered the kitchen. ARWEN- I'll get us all a drink GERRY-Got any rat poison? NIGEL- No we are right out of that, and we've no poisonous Toad Venom. ARWEN- Lets all have a brandy: big ones. NIGEL- We were sold out, our bloody Barrister did a deal with her Barrister. Threeson heard them talking in the corridor during the recess. ARWEN-Shut up Nigel, Gerry you have lost a disloyal little slag, but believe you me she won't change and she'll do the same to him that she did to you. GERRY- She taunted me in court with the fact that the child was not mine, that she was his and therefore I had no right to see her at all. NIGEL-Once again when it matters, big brother can do bugger all. ARWEN-I won't tell you again Nigel just shut up. GERRY-No Arwen, Nigel warned me a long time ago and I would not listen. In court I said some silly things and that's what has lost me everything. I hoped by being reasonable that so would she. So I gave her the house and then I am told that as I have no assets I've got to pay a larger share of my income to her than I would have done if I'd kept my share of the house. ARWEN-Now that my youngest two have gone to live with their father, Nigel and I rattle round a big house all on our own, Halfling is at University and we have six bedrooms. So I think that we need to get in a lodger. Gerry, can you think of anybody? GERRY- Nige what do you think. NIGEL- "Nige, I've had this horrible dream, there's this big frog and it's going to eat me", "Gerry, get in this bed, don't fart and get back to sleep." I could not turn you down then and nothing has changed. Come on let's get your things, mind I'm putting you in the shed. NARRATOR- As Nigel and Gerry go out the back to unload the 2 cars; Georgina arrives at the front door and rings the bell. Arwen answers it and lets Georgina in. They go into the kitchen. GEORGINA-How did Gerry get on? ARWEN- He has lost everything not only money and his home but his pride. He's not the child's father. He has been humiliated. GEORGINA- Where is he? NARRATOR-Nigel and Gerry re-enter as it has started to rain heavily. Georgie runs to Gerry and just hugs him. GEORGINA- I might do horrible things to you but I'm allowed. I'm your horrid big sister. But no other little cow is going to do it to you. You've always got a home with me. I'll have her; she does a lot of Internet shopping doesn't she. I'm an IT consultant; I am going to cost her a fortune. I've already started, in a small way; I used my car's inline Internet facility to plant a virus. Every order she places will be duplicated and updated every 9 days. GERRY-Knowing my luck, she'll just go back to court for more maintenance. Still thanks Georgie. However I have not been very nice to you either, have I? GEORGINA-No, but that is the past lets look to the future. NIGEL- At the risk of being told to shut up; where are those bloody brandies? ARWEN- Four brandies coming up. NARRATOR-Threeson now turns up and rings the bell. Georgie goes and answers the door. THREESON-Well, if it isn't my Auntie Georgina, I'll have to be on my best behaviour. GEORGINA- Not so much of the Auntie if you don't mind; Georgie will do. NARRATOR-They go into the kitchen and Threeson gives his Uncle a big hug. THREESON- I've been a very bad boy Uncle Gerry, I've just thumped a Barrister. NIGEL- That is all I bloody need, you up on an assault charge. What will your mother say? I know what she'll say, "why do you have to be so like your father's father, he was a yob and so is your Uncle Gerry." ARWEN-Threeson what happened. THREESON- I went back to my depot and rejoined my gang. As we parked outside the Gents in the High Street who should we see going in? Yes. You're right it was our favourite Barrister. I went storming in as he was coming out, he didn't recognise me, I'd got my hard hat on and working gear. He pushed me out of the way so I hit him, just once and he went down like sack of .... GEORGINA-Potatoes, he went down like a sack of potatoes. THREESON- My ganger says to this bloke "did you see that he's only tried to touch the lad up, no wonder he hit him". Some other bloke says to him "you're lucky you didn't try that on me I'd have kicked your head in and still might." The ganger called the Police and took the witnesses names they all swore that they saw him indecently assault me. When we heard the siren, he suddenly got up and legged it down the road. The Police saw him run off. They took our names and the names of our witnesses and then buggered off. The ganger and I gave false names and addresses. NIGEL- Gerry this is what you get nowadays from a University Education. GERRY- Well it would have been wasted on me, I don't like reading it makes my lips sore. GEORGINA- I'll put pornography on his personal computer in his Chambers and then I'll E-Mail the Police with a tip off and the press. NIGEL- God you are evil Georgie. GEORGINA- Well you're safe as long as you look after Arwen properly or I'll have you too. No I could not really hurt my own. ARWEN-Why are you called Threeson. THREESON-That's easy I'm dads youngest boy, his number 3 son. NIGEL- Its stopped raining so lets get Gerry's things in. *NARRATOR-The 3 men go out to the car. ARWEN-Have you really done these things, can you really break into systems and do things. GEORGINA- I specialise in testing Computer virus defence systems, it's what I do for a living, and I'm always one jump ahead. NARRATOR-The 3 men come back in again. NIGEL- It's only raining again. THREESON- Gerry it's a good thing that Dad's taking you in cos they wouldn't have the likes of you down the refuge. And I doubt if any self-respecting charity would accept your things. ARWEN-Why don't we all go down the Pub, you know that ghastly one that you and Gerry love and then we'll have a curry. GERRY -We'll go in my car it's the scruffiest. GEORGINA-But first we'll all get your things out of the cars. NARRATOR- They all go out to the cars. End of Scene 1
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