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Notes for Act 1 Scene 6 ben 1058 9 fessor erodes asically gues hee opine fa continues to devin. She has Shatespeate pay forthe fst tne and eothy see hays Maceth ad Frank exBans OMe whet Yreqecy means pase Cal honors are expanding and she Proposes 2 vst to 4n 9, $a ron testa ois Fee To 2 der party What do you think? Fever in the play, Frank had spoken about ‘Comedy’ 10 Rt. this scene, eshows her tha what commonly thought of as agi notte same aectapedy He esses that one ofthe important features of 3 tragedy the ineetaby ofthe fat thal awats the Mero, because ofa flaw in hy character As you ead the play consider a eter thee any connection between Frank’ definition of tragedy and is oa fate «what warnngs about het own fate Rita sawven during the play Questions Real the scene carefully 0 find the answers to these questions {What words does Rito use to express her enthusiasm for Macbeth Could she use these words nan essay? What the difference, according to Frank, between ‘tragic! and ‘a taney? 3,Wy does Wity Russel have Rta and Frank offer each other an apple “anda can of sot dink? Wy does Rta say, All them out thee, they know about that sort of ‘thing don they? Why does Frank inuitefita to dinner? Further activity Inthe theate, costume, lighting and stage design are important in Serie Ein But no one could get tout ot PP Bay fizin’ Everyone just said she was pissed ayo nt FY she wn 'me, So we did, an’ on the way I asked hay’ POUd get hes are y’ cryin’, Mother = her why 1?” She said, ‘Because tsa, laughing and singing again, pretending oho ey oetY Rad her she had. And thas why T came no eh tb ah ad thats ane Black-out Se ee ‘Scene 8 “The lights come 1p om FRANK. Seated inthe sive chair atthe desk entng RITA'S ‘Macbeth essay fea eters sly, carrying asuitnse rank (vithout looking up) One second She puts down the suitcase RIGHT CENTRE and wanders slowly cet with her back 19 FRANK (ite closes the essay he has been reading, sighs and removes his ses) Your essay. (He ses the suitcase) Whats that? aa I's me case. rank Where are you going? ruta Me mother’s. rank What's wrong? (After a pause) Rita! juva T got home from work, he'd packed me case, He said cither I stop comin’ here an’ come off the pill or {could get out logether. RANK Teh, AX, BTA It was an ultimatum. 1 explained to him. I didn’t get ‘» Rérked or anythin’. [just explained to him how Ihad to do this. {LY Fiend is warped me, He sid I betrayed im. {spose have Asatod ask Why have you? bat deere ye 7 BAT have[L know he's right] But I couldn't Betray mse | (After a pause) He says there's a time for education. An Ws not | when y' twenty-six an’ married, | FRANK gels up and goes towards RITA coho still faces aie rom Ti FRANK after apse) Where are you going to tay? TA phoned me mother she sid could go there fora week Then get a fat. (She starts o ery) im sory it’ just RANK takes ld offer and tries to gi he tthe lai DOW sci pen Gaunt deeaes mca] i? rstemea minute ers herge) we 80. ay (ee aa aor emer | rr tend Macbeth, wat you already have is valuable. je na Valuable? What's valuable? The only thing I values here, ee comin’ here once a week. ‘Nt Yt tell me what thing ~ (he indicates the ple of essays) ~t0 pass examinations, RANK In the circumstances : you'te going to have to Suppress, perhaps even abandon your RITA (going and hanging her bag o uniqueness. I'm going to have to change you. aa ae oe sor way of tellin’ me that I can’t do i? That I'm no good? oe eee iva If that’s what you're trying’ to tell me I'l go now FRANK sisi the chair DOWN Ricitr uur ferns ay foe her Rank (moving ay from the desk) No no no. Of course you're thought about 7 Nac ofthe sce chai IMstances I need to go on, as it like? 1 told yt yas ey FRANK (sigitite) I= I really don’t know what to say ra Well try an’ think of somethin’. Goon, I don't mind ify" good enough. tell me it was rubbish. I don't want pity, Frank Wast rubbish? ee ee ee FRANK No, no. It’s not rubbish. I's a totally honest, passionat you've just gorra keep tellin’ me an’ then I'l start to take itin:y ae see, with me you've got to be dead firm. You won't hurt me account of your reaction to a play. It's an unashamedly PaO ple prin) rin oa ieclingsy know If do somethin’ that's tap. Idon't want ps tional statement about a certain experi 1a just tell me, that's crap. (She picks up the essay) Here it's crap. rT Sentimental? {Stevi it up gh So we dump that the i Sh ds) 98" FRANK No. It’s too honest for that t's almost ~ erm -moving Sains —. But in terms of what you're asking me to teach you of passing exams .. Oh, God, you see, I don’t Riva Say it, go on, say it! . - FRANK In those terms it’s worthless. It shouldn't be, but 18) in it’s own terms it's ~ it’s wonderful. — ( ITA (confronting him across the desk) W worth en ‘An’ if it's worthless you've got to tell me bectuse 1" ‘essays like those on there. (She paints tothe ra know, an’ pass exams like HEY SO. iy yi Honea if youre oir, 1 write tS going to have to change: a 7 Notes for Act 2 Scene 1 We quickly realise, atthe start of this new hhave taken place in Rtas ie since we last happening, of course, but we do see and fy 10 Summer Schoo! and now Ives anges a Ver chatter areata act, thats ‘nifican We We donot fe Tat are perhap What do you think? ‘The time that she spent at Summer Schoo! he and we can see the effects of this inthe dresses but aso in her attitude towards think carefully about 125 had a major i scene, not ony i roc ia ine ny Frank: AS yu red oe the changes, both positive and negative, that h «© Frank’s responses to these changes, wave OCCU in Rita Questions Dont fret fay ctf attenton tothe et a jou are 1. How does Willy Russel indicate that time has passed betwen the end fof Act 1 and the beginning of Act 2? 2. Why did Rita buy Frank a pen? 3. Frank addresses Rita as ‘my dear’ at one point. What does this tel ws ‘about his attitude towards her here? ‘4. What is the significance of the fact that the window ‘won't bleed budge’? 5. Why do you think the scene ends with the words ‘you don't do Blake without doing innocence and experience, doy?” Further activity Imagine that this encounter with Rta has prompted Frank to sary ‘again. Write either the poem or the diary or journal entry in whit explores his feelings and acoso he cans eT her new attitude towards Fim, You'l have to keep checking on Nt says in This scene (and Others) to make sure you remain character. Ret 2 Scene 1 ve cities nt ine oy used stubs out 9 cigarette, takes a sip from the mg a side ooks Meni ata he comtins ying eee tee van rats through the door. She is dese in new, sco cboes ‘ura Frank! (She ison the spol show of her new lites) pane (lng) And what is this vision, cetuming from the city? (He gets up and moves towurds nea] Welcome rack) | fava Prank, twas fantastic - She takes of er she and gives i to FRANK who hangs it on the ook bythe dor. Igoe othe desk {Patng dow her bao the desk) Honest 9s ~ogh! rank What are you talking about, London or summer school? 1a Both. A crowd of us stuck together all week, We had a great ime: dead late everynight, we stayed up aki’, we went all round London, got drunk, went o the theatres, bought al sorts of second-hand gear inthe markets. Ogh it was maxx So you won't have had time 49 do any actual work there? RTA Work? We never stopped. Lashin!us wth it they were another essay, lash, do it again, lash FRANK moves foward the desk ry Another lecture, smack, It was dead good though (Sh 065 and perches on the boalew= Ur RT) RANK sits inthe sella fcing er feta Y'know at fist | was dead scared. I didn’t know anyone. 41was gonna come home. But the first alternoon 1 was standin inthis library, y* know lookin’ at the books, pretend’ 3s ‘ead clever. Anyway, this tutor come upto me, he loked at the B v % RITA No, ta, I've pach book in me hand an’ he said, “Ah, ate you fond op It was right on the tip of me t Fetlinghet served with Parmesan chee’ but Fey it OF whee @) Frank takes an Theard mes sayin “Actually meen! ‘American poets Frank You wostis hore He sared talk’ fo me about the AN jae es aru fr agent he mas evennt my ag 1ow. We had to go to this big hall fora lecture, then >” entwothonan! fries sachs | this professor asked if anyone ha a question an ag et es up! (She stands) Honest to God, I stood up ae : loki’ at me. dont know what possessed ne, nae ee down again, but two thousand people had seen mestent I did it, asked him the question. — There sa pause and FRANK ceits rank Well? sara Well what? FRANK What was the question? Ta Oh, I dunno, I forget now, cos after that I was askin’ questions all week, y’ couldn't keep me down. Ihink that fist question was about Chekhov; cos y’ know I'm dead familiar with Chekhov’ nove He smiles}wiTa moves to the chair by the desk and sits. Rank Sst round to face her Hey, what was France like? Go on, tell us all about it. FRANK There isn’t alot to tll RITA Ah go on, tell me about it; I've never been abroad. Tell me what it was like. FRANK Well ~ it was rather hot ... (He offers her a Galois) Did y’ drink? RANK Alt alittle. (He puts the cigarettes on the tale) ita Teh, Did y’ write? FRANK Atte, ruta Willy’ show it to me? 4 peak Perhaps... One day, perhaps Tn So y” wrote a itn’ y’ drank abit? fs that all vk ia matter of fact tone) Julia let me, suTa What? wean Yes. But not because of the obvious, oh no ~ it had nothing whatsoever to do with the ratatouille, I was actualy ‘eased by something called oeufsen cote we ta What? rank Eggs, my dear, eggs. Nature in her wisdom cursed me ‘with a dislike for the egg be it cocotte, Florentine, Benedict or Tain hard-boiled. Julia insisted that nature was wrong. { Mreferdled nature and Julia left ‘Ta Because of RSS? FRAN Well - let's say that it began with eggs. (He packs away the typewriter) Anyway, that’s most of what happened in France. [Rayay Be Fda oer, youTe back even us bok ee eon enna port te op ef drerer Pec. gett eng we sal ay together forever or unl she diacovers on ey. tra Oeuf ce? ie that nen gg? Tish ws gon about those shat alli gs? rman Th? "RTA Trish, me Tatmate, Trish, God is 1 Tat Tong since 've Frank? She moved into the fat with me just befor ex school TRANK Ah. Is she a good flatmate? "IT She's great. Y" know she's dead classy.” know tke, she's gottaste,y" know like you, Frank, she's just go it Everything in the fa’s dead unpystentinus just books an’ plans everywhere. ¢ D’y’ know somethin’, Frank?|'m havin the time ofme life] am ¥’ know. Feven fel ~ (moving othe windoa) = Tee young, yo know lke them down there aN My dea, twenty-six i hardly old B _ YOUNG. (She goes te ‘nag 1 Onis 8h (re ges nit, po et tk them ™ London — HCI a by Pts Leap tare St a box) — Pa tg abe She gives him a ont MMH but thaypeuBMY ape nee small box he rat FRANK puts om fi Alek, cus the string Re he xo an y = (reading) “Must only See (3 OFler~ Rita’. He loks up ey Uy) ats thougha ive ream Gentle? te * Bee in © FRANK (getting up and pecking her oteane en am ecg ron he he hake RTA Ia pleasure, Come on. (She claps heh doin thin ter? Let's doa dead good pon Canta ee have the tutorial down there. Sm let goa FRANK (appalled) Down where? rita (getting her bag) Down there — on the grass ~ come on FRANK On the grass? Nobody sits out there at his time of yer RITA They do ~ (looking out ofthe window) ~ there's sme of them out there now. RANK Well they'll have wet bums. jura What’sa wet bum. You can stn hi to his feet) Come on RANK (remaining siting) Rita T Ta Why? FRANK Like Dracula, [have an aversion rosie wots pita Teh. (She sighs) All right (She goes 10 t open a window: ‘bench (She tris tpl absolutely protest: 76 saan if ye must op indo: hen 0 nope ound to wat He) ss ng gen He oda) wet age en “ny dear I hasn't been opened for rx Fm not surprised, doing) Ten] need tn hee Fr The sm 2 She ges another Fan et does, oo is ik pnt wr A too sie a plant? ae anced a (She oso er hab the ds and vend water, to, presumably? (He gts up and css He se MTyoxte going to make an analogy why dnt we take a Ae way? Lets gt watering-an and water the carpet treo tons of sola a bag of erlizer Maybe we could eetatings and germinate other litte fooms Mora Go way you're mental you ae rave You sad i stint, you sal 3 room s ke a plant naa well! “There pause pave Wellwhat? ‘aria Well any analogy will break down eventually. 7 7 ARK Yes, And some will break down sooner Than oes He nies, goes othe bokase UF LTT aa gins searching ame teas) Look come on. A great post you wanted ~ well- we have one onthe course {NTA is. the desk watching RAN frank 1 was going to introduce you to him eater. (Ash rummage «bok also ne ste eceing 2 It af why ich fas em hidden ohn it) Now = where she “ita gos over ant picks ap the whisky bt rm the sf [HI Are you sion thisstutt?] — |feocoiitecraytcnt_ | ce vpn Be on aiden aa) No. But a at the 7 PRANK But what? rank? mech gone \ PRANK It oe ya) tis indeed because Ihave mag © Ido itl Life is such ae : a rich and frantic wine {e to het me separ mse ‘RITA IH kill y’, Prank, - FRANK Rita, I thought you weren’t — “erent interested in re ATA I'm not. I's just “orming me FRANK What? : ITA Just that I thought you'd sta Y FRANK Under your influence? Sheng (He stops searching and turns to face er lactn BOI for me me that tT need the “Stink | ted reforming voursel, 1) Ye Bot Ran iLL pent and eat, hat do I do when gone is no longer here? What do Ido when in pan ah watch you walk away and disappear, my influence gore forever? kA Who says I'm gonna disappear? FRANK Oh you will, Rita. You've got to, (He tus buck to the shelves) ITA Why have I got to? This course could go on for years An’ fg When Ive got through this one might even get ino he prope 4.0 jiniversity here. : 7 nasa nd eT aT Ave Rapp eve ar Your ping a inevitabloas= Ta Macbeth? rank (smiling) As tragedy. yes: but it will not be a tagedy because I shall be glad to see you go nua Teh. Thank you very much. (Afra piso WY way FRANK Be glad o see you go? Well certainly dont want 9 you stay in a room like this for the r ‘continues searching for the book) oo Ita (after a pause) You can be a real misery some! cant 78 oh ene EYES ago an’ then you stat anal oo dead happy a minut ty yr twas 2 etl ike Pm having,» bad night in a mortuary.» me Fe find the Bok he has bee looking for and aves towards sara with it vena Well here's something to cheer you up — here's our “ra el ee ee ra loks atthe poem on the page ilimtot 2 Hom aks a PRANK Sicmeprcan nme touaifee ‘The invisible Worm) = 4. Theres nach Has fund ey bd Orernsen dah ded oct ve Dees eae re You know ta phn [abu aang Wh (Ske. ondhdchonleaiod lee ble) Wedd hae sunset FRANK Blake at summer school? You weren’t supposed to do Aken simmer ak nee ee NA Nah. We had this lecturer though, he was a real Blake tk He wa on sout ney doy ey hc hen Srehing woe led w Bake Reco ge hd terete without esting Bake Head Chips He 79 WS good tho Ugh. On, ¢ rotten gardener Pruned off thy head’ We thought he might be ked but he wasnt K. = Wasn't He lo He said ~ what was i ..? He said (Parody 5 pe compliment masquerading as humour a NK (getting up and replachig th book on te seenTS already done Blake? You covered all the Songs of Inna Experience? / RITA Of course; you don’t do Blake without doing im) and experience, do y’? FRANK No. Of course. (He goes and sits in the sive hr) Black-out rita picks up her bag and shawl and exits youre nce and Notes for Act 2 Scenes 2 and 3 nom aie o dics enc eee the lawn and ths conten iy th the st turther revealed Ne OF Blakes poem ‘changes n Rts ang "8 she meses on omen oan rank, n hs ee hat app 'S somewhat taken aback by these her independence of mind Mina d you to aru No Copewit the "new Rta. Ofcourse ashes ton ak Is ‘Ronse for what has happened, because teacher oc SPH Questions 1.Why does Rita change her way of speaking? 2.How have her wews of students changed? 3. Why do you think Frank gets so very drunk at ths particular point inthe ply? “4.What isthe significance of Frank’ definition of assonance as ‘geting the tyme wrong’? 5: What ate Frank’ criss of Rita’ essay and how does she defend Perse against them? Further activity pla communicates is meaning to an audience not just though the aahal the characters speak but also, amongst other dings, through Se umes that hey wear. Desig the costumes that you think Frank ‘Arita should wear ducing the pay. Remember that costumes sonal Pats tthe wearers and any changes in them that acuta the Sige The degree nate eaberte row -stetes seat, OPN your reasons for your detign in short not 10 the Sapte kano for your designs ina short 2 mee se up 00 FRANK 5 resound and sribbes samehing. © Te gi nally he makes a tutting sound and i. st on knock at the det Se sof is sitting at his desk marking an we Come 4o the desk and dumps her bag on my the door, goes A ed places i next fo FRANK and sits down aan a loking up) Hello it, You're late - i .ow, Frank. I'm terribly sorry. It aes unavoidable. mano ic hey or eam ie Nothing is wrong with i, Frank. Ihave merely decided Se Se arae et ee atonal errand have ce ee ee oe Tye ate oy fn must persevere, Frank Well will you kindly tell Trish that I am not giving a WF fatorial toa ne RIAL am ROPTTlek FRANK (@ppealingly) Rita, stop it! FRANK What's that? aay fe minutes and he's inviting me to 80 sa What? : FRANK On your back gui’ 00 ther for sin’ to the South of France in IITA (reaching up) Oh ~ i's gras ih em al They et Frank Grass? amr jas hay Sumi RITA Yeh, I got here early today. 1 started ta son tount 8 students down on the lie, (She sts infer ne ng © 2 I Wh gp yout ot your exams FRANK You were talking to students down thece FRANK Yo ms are before Christmas. Ita (ughing) Don't sound v0 surged: Yan ra My ea go your fess 0 wal for oe Se surprised. can talc now ye ran Well = You've B01 Y Kove, Franke cies Ph couldn't g0 anyway FRANK Fim not surprised. Well! You used toby = se Teng? (He looks at her) je 1 be quite wan x Wy them didn’t you? rate wan of anal ight fo ther. They cn just amp ito abled RT Gone For sens they don cme van an’ go away. But [can with some rubbish y’ know Mean to he ety rank You're telling me? ay al i he's Ue had one His rea name’ Tyson iva T only got talking to them in the first place because as 1 ut they call hr Tig _ a was walking past I heard one of them sayin’ as a novel he a (looking Wp) Ts Were any point me going on with t i] prefered Lady Chatterey to Sons and Lovers. thought ean keep psa walkin’ and ignore it, or [can put him straight. So [put him # x Is there much point in working towards an straight. I walked over an’ said, ‘Excuse me but could eld FRAN overhearin’ the rubbish you were spoutin’ out Lawrence’ examination if you're going to fall in love and set off for the Shoulda seen the faces on them, Frank. I said tryin’ to compare & South of Chatterley with Sons and Lovers is like tryin’ to compare ‘ura (shocked) What! Fall in love? With who? My God, Frank, sparkling wine with champagne. The next thing is there's this I've just been talkin’ to some students. I've heard of match 9 » heated discussion, with me right in the middle of it making but this is ridiculous. ea) ‘you said the student claimed to ‘prefer’ ae a right, but please stop burbling on about Mr Tyson. € ; ms Thaven't been burbling on, ee Fe returns tothe essay pnt . What's it like? - FRANK So he wasn’t actually suggesting that it was superior. acs ike : = ae RANK Oh ~ it ert — wouldt Took out of place with these. intoit sa Not at frst ~ but then he did. le walked right. seer “Hepes ton tp ofa pit of ate essays ais desk) -g FRank And so you finished him off, id you, Rita? : parsley ‘@ nits Frank, he was askin’ fort, He was an idiot. Hisargunee Spicer io rust crumbled, It wasn ust me everyone else agreed Wi = just crumbled. jt a FRANK exits + (Skane returns to reading the eS) n jf ‘There was this really mad one with them; I've ‘only been 8 Scene 3 ‘ters carrying his FHeANK Sod tha to the desk) RIA Who? {0 Ket off He gets abot cpae oe Te Te Ea Fwy hg pee ‘and puts the whisky on the shelf Me! Compu wean iam sameing? They compli! ani ei 9 FRANK Pissed? T was glorious! Fell off the rostrum twice (He tare Will they sack you? FRANK tlviiig_fa? on the floor) The sack? God no; that would iholve making decision ised isallgh To pth chi Peeper ana grand sae and not este tt J neon That would only amount 023 Nhe have tbe mehing ies Chan Bi They suggested a sabbatical for a year on 68 Ban America «. T suggested ‘that Australia might be mor ‘Armco was lost on the een rank, you'te mad RANK ‘Completely off my cal ce ofck then hho Fak heh Ri? eg 8 he ~~ what about the se ahink about yoursell an Be Sot n ‘so pissed their lecturer's pes he desk uae the students? Fat abo the Heo to her clair bu 1 re gs hardly 08 MT oe go te rose fate i er B18) _—s z fallen off ip —ever miss tain about? it foe your own g00d: i because they're a crowd of se wouldnt know a poet if you beat Lr ne (He hits up) “Assonance’ =| OM a ee reans getting the Mayme Wrong -) vm —ZAssonance means Bi iyme wr0 tt cn “egy led me ss ey ack tp Her aeHI TREY ‘Oe ot Rvorth’s tomb._* [a an te Dkecny nn eek at's a my dear, but 1 w fed a syllable ~ what 3 10 compl ie they did pethey ds en y anx Where are you going? We've got a tutorial. (He gets up a aggerstownrds her) ‘ura Frank, you're not in any fit state fora tut with yan’ we can talk about it next week, eh? ‘aan No no = you must stay ~ erm ... Watch this ~ sober? (He takes @ huge breath and pulls himself together) Sober! Come jorial Vl leave it % the swivel chair , = Saar and a it to her) Rita, what's this? “ “ wt tng with? Wht lh age about Te Basan’ you “emt assume that the poem is about ext RANK Is i 87 RITA Well it’s certainly a tik jptempreted in that way." "*°* Poem, simple, ‘ne Why richer? We discussed oe | RIBS complet pice abot te TS en Pea RITA (shrugging) In useing) In one sense. B the rose, isnt it? It becomes sm sal] ore reward 7 Poem a see that it works on a number of levele "8 PO When t's ike, —TEANK Rita, The Blossom i simp = Yeh, that's what y Freie Bae vat you say, FranJ me, id some others were talkin’ ‘he bat Tih and me an what came out of or dcuson ay na A Be simple surface value of Blake's poetry there's ance the ees always tik em RANK Well? Go on Ta (managing to)~ alike vein, OF ; in, Of concealed mein if that poem’s only about the blossom then ite ner ene Le not much gf FRANK So? You think it gains from being interpreted int way? * a (lightly defiantly Is me essay wrong then, Frank? | Tk a ST ITA You're being subjective. FRANK Thal angling] Yes — yes I suppose Tam. (He goes sowly to the chair ur CENTRE of the desk and sits dowon heavily) rrrA If it was in an exam what sort of mark would it get? FRANK A good one. ITA Well what the hell are you sayin’ then? FRANK (shrugging) What I'm saying is that minute, quite acceptable, trendy stuff about Bl: nothing of you in there. ‘rT Or maybe Frank, y‘ mean there! in there. [FRANK (after @ pause) Maybe tha 88 it's up to the lake; but there's /s nothing of your Views is what I mean? sat came to you Frank, you dit give me te | cr Sete fd ew ale, But, Rita, these anys ny) Ad : ara «ized authorities, Well that's what F've Feiner people, read ater books a after Be Reed © ah Gn Fae ap ih cet eat her vc re) Ye AIL fre, Frank, I don't have 10 g0 along one sna bley'trew.teantove) f ip percent with Your VWs 09 Prana of my own an ma [sincerely Hope So, end whats that supposed 20 mean? Se MP up ard moves tssards RANK wrAdierly) What dt y’-mean be careful? | can look after angel Jost cow Fm Tearni, just cos Lean do it now an” ead! my dear. erPivanna read an’ understand without havin’ to come ‘ennin’to you every five minutes y start tellin’ me to be careful (She paces about) FRaNk Because because I care for you =I want you tocare for yourselt ITA Teh. (She goes right up lo FRANK. Afer a pause) I~ care for you, Frank. But you've got toto leave me alone a bit 'm not {idiot now, Frank = don’t ned you to hold me hand as much Jean - 1 can do things on me own more now —. And Tam cael. know what fm doin Just don’t ~ don't keep treatin’ ime 25 though Ym the same a when {first waked in het. ise now, Frank 1 ow the fifernce beeen = between = Somerset Maughan an’ Harold Robins. An’ youe ting me as though I'm hung up on Ruby Jungle. (She & 89 oes tothe swivel chair and sits) Just ... You understand, don’t you Frank? FRANK iva I'm sorry. FRANK Not at all. (After a pause) I got around to reading it you) know, Rubyfruit Jungle. It’s excellent. ita (laughing) Oh go way, Frank. Of its type it’s quite interesting. But it’s hardly excellence. Black-owt RITA exits rely, my dear. oo ,& Notes for Act 2 Scenes 4 an ——~ id 5 nas sense, these between Frank and fia The omesent tH : be and Rita. The ne con »SpONse to Fri ea . rank’s own poetry reo dlscussion, whist i car tat ne ete accuses him of : not being a beter since fe fs mete In her attack ‘ unable to accept that ae fra inthe accusation, but the er tut A may be shilaly cated the wo chats hat eco ye rem but sympathise with how they te net ony undestan ah = seer Questions Think carefully about the answers to th ‘on evidence from the text. - : 1. Why did Rita give up her hairdressing job? 1 think Frank gives her his own poetry to crt? Why she 2. Why, 509 jut her response t0 it? 3.00 ta ‘can do without’ Frank? saging her name? 4. What is the significance of Rita cha F Wurot points Frank making wen he suggests oer nares tec call herself? he publi fora prodxton ‘been put in charge oft i "re design an attractive poste fT ask isto desi oa Further activity Imagine that you have of Educating Rita. Your first t production and the second {0 Fewspapers and radio stations Bol fay and encourage people sg nature of the Pl emember not t0 give 00 much aN abi fh shoul i 92 Scene 4 | a ananesting in the save! chair pei a se des mes sy seis wat Hem at SO: pad ces Ha re 1a se Takin? a Jp. If it'll go in my favour we wet uta Fra me re talking about Vim sure you were. ite then? Allright be on time next week. RANK YES - pata Am [800 promise, eank Rita. Don't £0- reso honestly, Frank 1 know I've wasted your time. see y’ next week, eh? aank Rita! Sit down! fa goes to her usu chair and sits ran (Going f hese ofher) When you were so late! phoned the shop. ~— nxt Which shop? RANK The hairdresser’s shop. Where you wor say, worked, ITA I haven't worked there for along time. I work in "RANK You did't tell me . tra Didnt thought li. 1 was teling someon’, Frank It wasn’t me, fra pause) What's wrong? 1 ik. Or I should bistro ata Oh, SOR. RANK (after pause) It stnack me that there was a time wher you told me everything, 93 Wat T thought Thad told you reaxk No. Likea drink? f114 Who cares if ve left airdressin’ to wor ae dr ‘ork in, tote from an eve-lecel shelf) You don’t w do? Ta But why do you care about details like thar boring, insignificant detail " THAN (geting ag From the snl tale) O. Bs > 11a That's why I couldn't stand being in ines longer boring relevant detail all the time, on anda ey Fimsorry but Fve had enous ofthat ort wevog a int rubbish anymore. — a bistror re ss pet to te oka pa nt a drink? Ming if] jus reaxk And what do you talk about in your bistro? Cheers. ria Everything, PRANK Everything? iva Yeh, FRANK Ah, fit We talk about what's important, Frank, and we leave out the boring details for those who want them. | RANK Is Mr Tyson one of your customers? ima A loaf sadents come in; he’s one of them. You're not nother warning are y", Frank? onna give me raank Would it do any good? ITA Look, for your information I do find Tiger fascinatin’ like 1 find a lot of the people I mix with fascinating; they're younss and they're passionate about things that matter, They're not trappes ~ they're too young, for that, And [like to be with hem RN (ming DOWN RIGHT of the desk and Kopin his back 0h?) Pethaps ~ perhaps you don’t want to waste your time comin here anymore? ira Don’t be stupid. I'm sorry Twas lat yp) Look, Frank, I've got to go. 'm meetin _going to see a production of The Seagull. te, cAftera pause sie ets 1 Trish at seven. Were of ore anne Yes: (He fr ofc her) Well When Chekbov ells Travdly bear tospend a moment here can you? | oi WS just tat | Ws harder Frank As Isai, Rita, if you want to stop com ~ re going right up thin) For Gods sake, don't wantto stop conng here, 've got 10 come base. What about my eam? ven Oh {wouldnt worry about that. You'd sail tough anpoay You realy don't have to pt inthe odd appearance out aareetimentalty he moos md Yo the ote sie of te des) Ve father you spared me that e aan ort drink da ivf you ould stop pouring that junk down your throating thehope that itl make you fee like a poet you might beable © | talk about things that matter instead of where I do or don't work: an then it might be worth comin’ here FRINE Are you capable of recognising What TOES OT WCE TOT) Ly mater Rita? = Tita T understand Weary eric, Frank: When I come here thas what we're suppose To bedeating with. SriGun tty RANK You want trary citi? (He ok ae fore moment ten gest he top der of is desk ad tas ont to sin al Solus a some type sheets of pcr an ands then oe 9-2 I want an essay on that lot by next week ol Wa Whats _ reas No sentimentality, no subjects st pre itm ‘yj cecal assessment of a Fesser known English pot Me i Blackout rset Scene 5 The lights come up om ry With a mon Hs aan ge 8 chi him liste 4 ening to i te win 18 toth 2m the dese MO dese he radio. There is 40k at the dogg Ft oy PRANK Come in, RITA enters and goes to the s FRANK (Getting chi behind : 4 and vith ams dese What the hell are yo er tai) = You doing here? ran, Wha he seein 8 You ti RITA Are you sober? Are you? = FRANK If you mean am 1 : still this. si comprehension, then yes, Uhis ide of reasonaie RITA (going and standing next to him) Because Lz ttn sinc and ont utbhe len you're sober. (She produces h ; = his pm) Th a brilliant Frank, you've got to ta wnting apie on swivel chair and sits) This briliant Theyte wits Tho Profound. Full of style. lee FRANK (ging to He smal fale and puting da his mu A tell me again, and again 2s They are, Frank only wh inks Ne Trish sat up lastnight and read them. She agrees wih me. WF did you stop writing? Why did you stop when you can pede 2 Why work like this? We stayed up most of the night, just taking about it. At first we just saw it as eee in its ; entry ‘own right, you know, as somethin’ particular to this cent ay ‘l look, Frank, what makes it more ~ more vo oe 4 cor orary | — say__? More resonant than ~ purely contemp\ ae You can see in it a direct line through to nineteen } seitions of of like wit an’ classical allision. FRANK (going to the chair uP ofthe desk amt sti a A it) Er ~ that’s erm ~ that’s marvellous, Rita. ‘a (gig et you sce it cole Just think i'd let you seit when in rca Mere ) Lee enow ~Lwouldn’t have understood it Frank _/ ee kl parser ere eee runt ta beap of Sit, wouldnt you? nam iean, because I woud’ thave een able o recognize and irerstand the allusions. Cee Ga Tee done a nejbon you havent) Jak cape, : ra It's true, Prank. [can see now: ) re vou Know, Rita 1 think ~ 1 think that ike you f hall gf eae my name from now on I shall insist upon Being known ‘ata What? bar She wrote a tle Gothig number called Fronknst, maser eyo | roan This-f ick op hs petry and ming round 0B) ~ \ his clever, pkrotechnical pile of ss-consious allusion is {anyone with a shred of common sense the sor of hing that (Gives publishing a bad name, Wt? Youll find more wit inthe | felephone book, and, probably, more insight. sone advantage ‘over the telephone directory is that its ease oi. Hers he © characterless and without style. came A W's no Foret FRANK Oh, I don’t expect you to believe me, Bias yo recognize the hallmark of literature now, don't you? na fia smiinughng) (Know ~ But couldn't have undersoa it serlary, Mary Shelley ~ do you understand that allusion, Rita? \ worthless, talentless, shit and could be recognized as uch By {poems up and Hows the pees on 1 the desk) I pretentious, gesture he tras a hand of he rps pees int he air ad then 40 fo he ir Cown act and sits) Why don't you just go be ‘vay? I don’t hink Ica beat any ange ut “ATTA Cant eae what Frank? HANK You, my dear ~ you.) ta Tl tell you what you can't bear, Mr Self-Pitying Piss ¢ 7 Wel PO can’t bear is that Lam educated now. What's oor iefe nas fonger bounce me on dacidy’s knee an’ watch ack in wide-eyed wonder at everything he has to say? aa sm ec ve got what youhave an’ don’t ke it because CORTE Hee Me ay The peasant T once was: you're Te th | Spork crn an ight. on ie Te gets up and picking up her beg moves axoay from the desk inthe direction of the door) I've got a room full of books. | know what Clothes to wear, what wine to buy, what plays to see, what papers and books to rua ean do iho Yo) Rank Is that all you wanted: Have you come all this way for so very, very little? nits Oh it’s little to you, isn’t it? It’s little to you who 's squanders every opportunity and mocks and takes it for granted. — rRaNk Found a culture have you, Rita? Found a better song to | sing have you? No= you a different song, that’s all ~ \ e o Yi me stare and on your lips it’s shrill and hollow and tuneless. Oh, Rita, Rita a RITA Rita? (She laughs) Rita? Nobody calls me Rita but you. 1 dropped that pretentious crap as soon as I saw it for what it was. | You stupid ... Nobody calls me Rita. FRANK What is it now then? Virginia? RITA exits rank Or Charlotte? Or Jane? Or Emily? Black-out 98 bred My pon yre KGS? Notes for Act 2 Scenes 6 and 7 seta sce of ys th aka ta soto era Fe as tok 6 pepey ee Bee oa pe ey aie oo her, bt he ea se chr ora ya mie ofc ee SEEM Stowe, he mporanc ofthe hovers cts ae ke cagectte own nto eke cette het What do you think? Cry, gen the tle ofthe ploy, one of 5 most important themes ‘ducson ard, pric, the eceation of Rta, AS you read tho tnt Scene ad think about the pay as a whole, conser: {hat ita has lared dng the course he play ‘iether €eucaing Frank’ might have been an aleratne ie Questions {uy do you thnk Wily Russel needed to include Act 2 Scene 6? 2 What does Teh attempted suicide teach Rta? 3: How hae er wens of students changed since the beginning ofthe oy? 4. des Frank ae ita 2 ees at this particular moment inthe pay? Shy do you thnk Wil Russel chose to end the play wath Rita cutting Franks hae? Further activity any universes nude in thei prospectuses not on information about the couse you can tak there, but ao accounts of what it eto Be a Student at that pari instuton. The Open University obvousy ‘ater atferentn that it caters for adults who are returning to study and ving at home, bts fees such accounts woul be ver elpul to new and prospective students Imagine tat Rt had been asked to contribute 10 hs prospectus ite her account of fe asa student. ry 1o include informaton aout the difiutes she face, the teaching methods 2nd work she encountered and whether se fl the couse had benefited he 100 Scene 6 pe upon FRANK alkng nt the telephone. He am eights come wp 8 wing aginst the boshalf nan Yes. think she works hee. Ria White. No no sonny erm, What si? Sasan White? No? Thank ou ‘Thanks eights fade to blackout to denote the passing of some tie at sno come up om FRANK siting at his des with is back tthe patience eis drunk and talking onthe telephone ‘Yee_- Erm . Trish ist? .. Erm, yes ma friend of Rita's rita» im sorry Susan yes... could you just say that - erm ape. its enm = Frank here. her tutor... Yes... well could you tell her that I have ~ erm ~ I've entered her for her ‘Ramination.. Yes you see she doesn't know the details. ime and where the exam is being held... Could you tll he to call fn? Please .. Yes... Thank you. “The lights fade to ac-out wl

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